Friends, who think on drawing using photos like reference, sometimes I feel certain culpability and I feel that I do something that is not very correct, is as if to the eyes of other artists this was a sin

Adolfo, my darling man, there is absolutely nothing wrong with using a photo as a reference!! A very many great artists do it all the time. There will always be the kind of person who thinks of themselves as purists and who will poo poo this method - good luck to them I say!

What matters Adolfo is not where your reference starts from... it's what you do with it. I can guarantee that three people will start from a traced line drawing - one will make of mess of it, the other will do the bare minimum and leave it flat and soulless and the third will end up with a work of art that is totally original, individual and unique!

And you Adolfo are that third person! Your art is totally awe inspiring. I feel so proud and privileged to know you just one little bit.

Farfallina thanks, your words give a breath to my restlessness, perhaps he is a little late to make that question but ground to find people who do that question to me, I have painted and drawn of natural the models I even have many done sketches or squecht live, but sometimes they make me feel complex, to my age must not feel it and have a clear and safe idea, thanks again.

There is no one that could look at your art and not think it was unique. You have your own style that you bring to each piece. I will add to what Rose says, just look at the challenge week pictures and you will see how different everyone interprets the photos. No two are exactly alike. march4, feb25, jan21, oct.1.
Paulette

Hola

He oido y leido el mismo comentario, sobre dibujar usando como modelo una fotografia, y para mi es una desición personal, yo soy abogado y en el día estoy de un lado a otro realizando gestiones propias de mi trabajo, solo puedo dibujar en la noche al finalizar mi trabajo, por ello dibujar del natural es dificil, a menos que me dedique a dibujar paisajes nocturnos; así que tuve que escoger entre utilizar fotografias o simplemente no dibujar; de todas maneras me las arreglo para conseguir algun tiempo para dibujar del natural algunos bosquejos, es indiscutible que el natural es más efectivo para mejorar la capacidad de dibujar.

De todas maneras recuerdo una anécdota que me conto mi padre quien es escritor e historiador, alguien le comento cuando llegaron las computadoras personales a venezuela que ahora si era facil escribir y cualquiera podia hacerlo gracias a que la computadora facilitaba mucho el trabajo.

como si el escritor dependiera de la maquina de escribir para serlo; asimismo un dibujante, ilustrador o pintor no depende de donde este el modelo, sino de su propia habilidad.

por cierto si quiero dibujar un tigre, prefiero que este en una foto y no frente a mí.

Rafael