Hello Michael,
I just wanted to say that I admire your commitment to artistic growth and mastery of skills.
I don't think any of us can say we have "arrived" and have nowhere to go as far as improving our work, since we have set as our goal one of the most diffiicult tasks possible, and that is what makes it endlessly interesting! Working regularly from life is part of that process for portrait painters. You might also find the Charles Bargue Drawing Course valuable as an adjunct in learning to see.
I am looking forward to seeing your continued progress as we all work on improving as well.
|