Sketching from reference.
by Bryan Fowler - May 14th, 2009
I’ve been trying to get into the habit of sketching from life and reference instead of my head all the time. Over the years I’ve gotten too caught up in drawing strictly from my imagination. That’s not a bad thing in and of itself but I think doing that exclusively leads to stagnation and a bit of a lull in one’s artistic progress. Without reference or life studies and putting in new visual information into your brain you start to draw, paint and produce the same things you’ve done before. The above sketch is from an image I found online.
