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Originally Posted by Russell Smith
Its good that you recognize the inherent problem of any perspective procedure - that being artist's error. For a brief period I stopped using my eyes, so to speak, and depended solely on the measurement that the perspective numbers showed me. It took me a few failed attempts to remember that I'm an artist and that no perspective procedure can replace my eyes and my brain.  |
One of my favorite artist's is the late Frank Wooten. Technically speaking a lot of the aircraft in his paintings are incorrect, but the overall work of art is pure magic. He is the perfect example of painting by eye. He often sacrificed the technical in favor of the whole.
There isn't a substitute for the eye and brain and as RG Smith said if it doesn't look right then it isn't. The problem I have, is sometimes my own eyes and brain stop telling me the truth and start telling me what I want to know. It can take a fresh pair of eyes to point out even the most obvious of mistakes ( the wife has done it loads of times
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Terry