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Geri,
Karin Wells suggested that tracing master drawings was the way to go. After tracing a couple of lines, though, I started to feel not so good about it, so this particular drawing is something like 99% freehand (thus the mistakes and the long hours spent on it). I suppose you could do it whichever way works best for you, and I'm finding that freehand copies take me much longer, but I do seem to learn more from them, so I think that's the method I'll stick to from now on. I'm not sure there's a "supposed to" except that we're to learn as quickly as possible.
As for where to get drawings to copy, I go to the library and type "drawing" or "drawings" into the online catalog and I get about a dozen decent books. The drawings are sometimes smaller than I'd like, but if I want a better look, I can enlarge a section with my scanner/copier deal. I'm also lucky to have one of the best libraries in the country at my disposal at U. of missouri-Columbia. There are over a hundred books of master drawings there, not to mention practically anything else you could possibly want to read. It's also a terriffic research library (physics research (and study) is what I do in 'real life'....exciting, I know).
Anyway, hope it helps, and I'd like to see one of your copies sometime.
Nathan
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