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Posted at September 1, 2006, 4:51 am:

Hi,

I definitelly need to improve on my skills in representing human figure. Now, since I don't have an infinite supply of naked men and women who could pose in front of me, and I'm not inrolled in a class where they have models posing, although I will consider the option of getting into one of these classes, I wonder what could be a good substitute for drawing from real life. Do you think using artistic nude photographs is a good reference source. I mean, I could go out and sketch people on the street, or on the beach and all, at least to get their gestures, etc., but you need a degree of stillness to do decent drawings, right?

Anyways, the question is, what do you think of drawing from photographs, can it be a good replacement for a real-life model?

cheers!

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Photo's are in no way a good replacement for a real-life model.

Thanks alot dude.

Also, don't underestimate the value of a good mirror.

hmm a good replacement for drawing from life is drawing from other art...

Good idea.

It's better to study from photos than from people in public.

Master drawings are far superior to photos

Looks like I started a little discussion here.

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Goes without saying.

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Hi, I did this with the help of virtual poser.

Hi, just came back from the class I was talking about.

here's another one from last evening:

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