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Thank you...
Sharon, thank you for the advice. It's just the sort of thing I need to hear. I have been practicing a great deal, but with just that - line. I can feel and see the lack of volume, tone, and mass, but I haven't been sure how to grasp it. Line I feel comfortable with. I think it's always been my strong suit. But I've been at a loss with the other elements, and unsure of how to begin working with them...thus the extremely tenative approach you might be able to make out on the portrait I posted.
You can't see all of what I've done tone-wise due to the image quality, but I know that it's not what I'm trying to achieve, and I adamantly want to avoid anything in a "fudge mode", i.e. faking it. I want to know what I'm doing before I attempt it. Time to start drawing...
I'll put the book on my must-buy-next list. Don't have any plaster casts, though. Are there any decent substitutes I could look for around the house?
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