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Originally Posted by David Carroll
Also I will paint directly from my monitor first drawing with brush and paint, and just paint as if I was doing a session with a model.
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I am in awe of the excitement a post on how to work from photos generates. I am equally in awe of the fact that only David Carroll has proposed the idea that if you want it to look like it was done from life, one must think the same way as working from life. Put one's photo next to the canvas, just as one would a sketch being turned into a painting and use the photo as what it is, namely a reference. Paint just as though working from life and the work will be much more alive than if traced.
Others have mentioned the idea that the grid method seems to be just as mechanical as the tracing. I agree. There is no art in either. Don't get me wrong. These are useful tools if not regarded as the one true method of drawing and not relied on as the only way to get a likeness.