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Old 03-02-2004, 10:49 AM   #8
Patricia Joyce Patricia Joyce is offline
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[QUOTE=Lon Haverly]"I tend to overwork pieces, any suggestions?"



What is it that drives us to overwork a drawing? Is it a weak concept of our drawing goals? Is it a lack of acceptance of our own work? Is it some kind of compulsion?

Hi Lon,
Wow! it's great to hear from you. In fact I was just thinking about you this morning on my drive to work. Wondering how you have been with your television broadcast, and figuring I had not seen you on the forum because you have been so busy. I hope it is all going well for you. I would love to see some of your recent seven minute drawings.

Your words ring true (in quotes). I would not say that my goals are weak as I feel I am learning so much about form and light as it falls on form. My technique has not developed to a point where I feel I even have one, and I want to develop technique, too. I am drawing every day and taking life drawing and portrait drawing. But I do not have interraction with other portraitists other than here. When I was in Fla in Tony Ryder's workshop I did not want to draw with so many good artists and Tony there. I wanted to watch them work, understand how their techinique got their drawings to beautifully finished stages.

I have your book. And I love your drawings. I do believe that if I had the confidence to lay down lines as you do my drawings would improve. In my classes there are many short poses the longest only being 20 minutes. I think I will concentrate more on line, especially in the Thursday portrait class.

Seven minutes, twenty-five lines - how in the world did you get to that formula??! I want to see some of these drawings if you could post them, I would be ever grateful. In the meantime will go back to view your previously posted drawings.

Thanks you, Lon.
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