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Originally posted by PredeconInferno
woah, she's got a gorgeous body.
I'm actually interested in your technique there... do you start with an outsline of the body and fill in color later? or do you just start with some random color and fix it up later?
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Thanks. I totally agree!
The process is one of (forgive the inadequacy of the language here, and no double meanings intended!) feeling my way around the body. If you start with an outline, that is too constrictive, and often inaccurate. So I start with areas of colour that gradually become more measured as the three-dimensional nature of the body becomes understood. I have to be careful not to 'fix' anything too soon, because that stops the energy growing. When you are dealing with a live person, it's most rewarding when the 'experience' of that person takes over from the technique you're trying to apply. To me, technique is the problem. If you can avoid it, and find a way to see with 'a beginner's eyes' each time you draw, then you can experience the magic.
If this all sounds like pretentious nonsense, I'm sorry, but there aren't really words to describe what is fundamentally an internal experience.
Do you draw then?