sketches

Day two hundred and forty-seven: I’ll be the first to admit that, aside from the pose, the woman in my sketch doesn’t look like the woman in the photograph I used as a model. The original is a Palladium print at the Getty Museum of a photograph taken by Paul Strand in 1923. It’s titled “Rebecca.” I can see why old masters made grids on pictures they were copying to ensure accuracy, but I’m not willing to take the time. I’d rather start sketching, see what happens, and fix mistakes as best as possible. So the proportions are wrong, and it doesn’t look like Rebecca. And the shoulder is too big. But it does look like a sleeping woman, so that’s a plus. What’s more, it didn’t take me very long, and I had fun pushing colors around the screen. That’s what matters most when you’re a daily sketcher like me. Little improvements, one day at a time!