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Thank you Lon,
Line quality.......yet another thing to keep in mind. In fact, I noticed toward the end of this drawing that my lines, especially in the background, looked pretty bad due to their irregularity.
I didn't measure it exactly, but it's about 12X14 or so. I used 3H pencil for the first part of it, until the shapes were right (or as close as I could get them), then used HB and 4B for the rest.
Do you suppose that it would be better (or maybe more akin to painting) to try to get a tone in an area (with no real lines), or do the hatching as in this drawing? I've heard good artists suggest dong it both ways (Harold Speed's terriffic book "the practice and science of drawing" suggests undertakng line drawing and mass drawing as seperate studies). Most of the time I find myself hatching and then smearing a little. When drawing from life I find I'm a little unsure which to try for.
Thanks for taking the time to look,
Nathan
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