Quote from: baccaman21 on October 03, 2007, 12:54:14 pmI've found an interesting excercise in perception is to sketch a blank wall... good tonal excercise. Sketching a blank wall? You won't put a single thing on the paper if you do that...
I've found an interesting excercise in perception is to sketch a blank wall... good tonal excercise.
Rather than reading books, I recommend copying from pictures that you like, that way you can learn the tricks that the artist uses, rather than discovering everything youself by trial and error. But it beats books imo because "people who can't do, teach".