I’m also art school trained from the late 60s to early 70s. We had to do life drawing and whatever subject you did be it fine art, textiles graphics etc it was part of the curriculum. I still do life drawing and portrait sessions weekly now. I don’t think art students do life drawing nowadays which to me, is very sad. Some times we get students coming to our groups so they can do life drawing as they can’t or darent do it at college.
I just don’t see the point of working from photographs. I tried copying from photos during lockdown when I was stuck for models to work from all I got was accurate copies of photographs. To me it’s about capturing an essence or the look of that person. I don’t see that in the painting of Lenny Henry
The previous winner of PAOTY Curtis Holder did a brilliant drawing of Carlos Acosta whereby he worked directly from his model and chatted to him so he got to know and understand him. It’s in Birmingham museum and art gallery if anyone get the chance to see it
How do you acknowledge Easter.
Painting Warhammer miniatures dwarfs/Elf's etc. Old World