I love that book @bitbutter. I use it in my teaching. I use reference photos, but not copying directly. I like to have a whole bunch of images to work from. I find that copying directly from a photograph makes my work look stiff and unnatural. I think to myself "Be the fox!" I was trained in traditional media. For me, I need the tactile connection to the paper I am working on. I feel a distance from my own work when I use graphics software. I will use it to clean up sketches and such, but to paint something from scratch on a computer isn't my thing. Some people love it. To each his or her own. Thank you for the compliment and for asking thoughtful questions about my process.
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