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AstheDrawingAcademytutor,Iamoftenaskedquestionsonhowbesttolearntodraw.

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Therearemanypeoplewhowillcopysomeoneelsesartworktolearnhowtodraw.Therearealsoartistswho
drawpicturesfromphotos.

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So,whatisthebestwaytolearn?Tocopyornottocopy,thatisthequestion.

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InthevideopresentationDrawingfromPhotosVs.DrawingfromLife,Iexplainedwhydrawingfromphotos
limitsonesabilitytobecomeaproficientfineartist.Tosummarizethepresentation,

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Iwillmentionfewpointshere:
1.Drawingfromphotosmakesacopy,notanoriginalpieceofart.
2.Artistsgetusedtocopyingflatimages,whichrewirestheirbrainsintothinkingtwodimensionallywhile
drawing.
3.Onceatwodimensionalcognitiveprocessofdrawingisestablished,itisveryhardtoreeducateoneselfto
drawfromthreedimensionalreality.Someartistslosetheabilitypermanently.
4.Copyingflatphotosteachesartiststodrawwhattheysee,notwhattheyknow.Thislimitscreative
developmentandtheabilitytodrawfrommemoryorimagination.
5.Copyingfromphotosdoesnotrequirethinkinginthreedimensions,andthereforetheartistdoesntusethe
principlesandrulesofconstructivedrawing.Withoutgoodskillsinconstructivedrawing,itisnexttoimpossibleto
makeskillful,realisticdrawingsfromlife.
6.Copyingphotosdoesnotdeveloponesunderstandinganduseofperspectiveindrawing.Lackingsuchskill

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willcausemistakeswhendrawingobjectsinperspective.
7.Copyingportraitsandfiguresfromphotosdemandsnoknowledgeofhumananatomy.Thisseverelylimitsthe
artistsabilitytodrawfigurativeartworkfromlife.
Thereisapositivesidetocopyingfromphotographs,though.Ifyoudontwanttobecomeafineartistbutinstead
wanttobecomeaskillfulreproducer,thendrawingfromphotoswillhelp.Bycopyingphotos,youwilldevelopthe
abilitytorecognizeandreproducelines,shapes,andtonalvalues.Suchskillswouldbeveryusefulforarestorer,
forexample.
Youmayask:Howaboutcopyingsomeoneelsesartwork?Someartschoolsadvocatesuchalearning
process,especiallyforbeginners.Itusedtobe,andstillisinsomeateliers,apartoftheartcurriculum.
Ihavetosaythatcopyingartisstillcopyinghowever,dontmisunderstand.CopyingfromtheGreatArtistsgives
somethingelsethateveryproficientfineartistmusthavegoodtasteinartandstyle.
CopyingtheOldMastersallowsyoutodevelopbetterdrawingtechniques,understandwhatmakesartbeautiful,

anddiscovertimehonoreddrawingmethodsandtechniques.
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Arteducationneedstobebuiltontherichheritageofthepast.Itislikebuildingahouseonastrongfoundation.
ThatiswhyintheDrawingAcademyIhaveincludedonevideolessonthatpresentsmysketchbookswithcopies
drawnintheNationalGallery,London.
Iencourageyoutotakeyoursketchbooksandgotomuseumstocopygreatart.Bycopyingthebestworksof
art,youwilllearnhowtomakeyourownartbetter.
Thereisonewordofcautionthough.Dontmakecopiesexclusively.Copyinggreatartworksbestincombination
withdrawingfromnature,models,andlife.
Bysolelycopyingsomeoneelsesdrawingsandpaintings,youwillrunintothesamepitfallsasifyouwere
drawingfromphotos.Afterall,drawingsandpaintingsareflatimages,andyouhavetodevelopathree
dimensionalwayofthinkinginconstructivedrawing.
Drawingfromsculpturesisdifferent,though.WhendrawingancientGreekandRomanbustsandstatues,you
enjoythebenefitsoflearningclassicalstyleandtheproportionsofthehumanhead,face,andbody.Bydrawing
threedimensionalobjects,youwilldevelopthenecessaryskillstohelpyouindrawinglifeportraitsandfigures.
Now,letsexaminehowthistheoryappliestotheDrawingAcademycourse.Inthiscourse,videolessonsare
presentedonaflatcomputerscreen.Youmaysaythatlearningtodrawfromvideoscontradictsmyarguments
fordrawingfromlife.
Theresnocontroversyhere!TheDrawingAcademycourseisnotforcopyingtutorsartworkfromascreenor
photos.Iencourageyoutolearnthenecessaryinformationfromthevideolessons,buttopracticedrawingfrom
models,nature,andlife.
TheDrawingcourseisaboutgainingvaluableknowledgeonhowtodraw,including:
Informationondrawingmaterialsandhowtousethem
Rulesofperspective
TheTheoryofGoldenProportions
Useofproportionsincompositions
Principlesofconstructivedrawing
Howtorendertonalvalues
Humananatomyforartists
Theproportionsofthehumanfaceandfigure
Howtodrawportraits
Drawinghumanfigures
Andmanymore.

IntheDrawingAcademyyouwilllearnhowtodrawwhateveryoucanseeorimagine.
Thecourseisvaluedat$4,455(45lessonsat$99each).However,youcangetthecompletecourseforonly
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