Friday, 4 July 2014

Proportions

Yesterday I was talking about how perspective is not easy to get right, today, it's mainly proportion which is the issue here.  You may remember my Venice midgets a few posts ago, well, here we go again (and it's Venice again too).  For some reason I've painted a Gondolier entirely out of proportion (and lets not even mention that the posts are all over the shop).  Even though he is clearly larger in the photograph, my hand, eye, brain connection seems to have failed and I've drawn another tiny wee man.  I'd be interested to know if other beginners have this problem too:




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