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Sharon,
Thank you for this post. I have been thinking about this issue myself lately. I use photos. I used to trace them, but I have begun to break myself of that crutch, in the pursuit of stretching myself to prove (to myself) just how serious I am about all of this. Most of my clients don't have the least bit of interest in sitting for me, but I have talked a blessed few into sitting for at least part of the process. People are surprised that I even request this much, and I find myself reminding them that that was how it was done when the world's most memorable portraits were created. My relatively little bit of work from life has taught me SO much for the time that I put into it, I wouldn't give anything for it. I always appreciate your posts, and I have a lot of respect for you as an artist.
Louise
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