Thursday, April 4, 2013

Inspired by RA Manet portrait exhibition



Done from my imagination in 20mins, in RA cafe, using Procreate on Ipad, after seeing the Manet 'Portraying Life'.   As usual, i should have left it as i finished and liked it.  But, when i reopened it, i added a few touches which lost the original spontaneity.  Knowing when to stop - so important, so hard.  Still, its freer than some of the stiff sketches i've been doing life drawing from an actual model.   I've noticed this before - ie.  that drawings from imagination don't get bogged down in trying to 'copy' from life.