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Old 05-04-2004, 06:18 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by Linda Brandon
This is as good a place as any to mention that Bill advocated a kind of visual comparison drawing method instead of a strict "measuring" method. In other words, he had us shift our vision back and forth between the model and the canvas so that any errors would jump out right away (in theory, anyway). I loved doing this.
This method works fine:

It covers a natural section of what you actual see in one glance.
It does not show distortions, because it is only what you can see with the head in one position. It fit to the canvas / paper.

I really wish that I could have been there.

Allan
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