Drawing from life vs drawing from photos
https://lifedrawing.academy/free - Drawing from life vs drawing from photos - Many beginner artists cannot draw realistic portraits from life, but can copy photos. This is because to draw from life, an artist needs to know how to deal with perspective and foreshortening, how to use anatomy and apply proportions. Copying requires very different skills - how to accurately reproduce flat shapes and tonal values. Because life drawing and copying skills are so different, copying will suppress drawing abilities should an artist copy photos and pictures for a long time. One might even get into the “copying trap”. This is when an artist loses skills of life drawing entirely and has to rely on copying exclusively. To learn why copying photos is treacherous for a beginner artist, check this video: https://lifedrawing.academy/life-draw...