12:23 AM, Sunday March 28th 2021
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
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ericna
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2:57 PM, Sunday April 19th 2020
That makes sense. Thank you!
4:52 AM, Sunday April 19th 2020
Thank you! I will keep rotating then. However, how come none of the artists I see on YouTube and Instagram or TV rotate their paper? Will there be a point where it makes sense to stop rotating the paper and draw from different angles?
4:34 AM, Sunday April 19th 2020
Do you rotate when you draw something like animals for Lesson 5?
It would be helpful if Uncomfortable could demonstrate doing it for different types of drawings, on different mediums (paper, drawing tablet, iPad, sketchbook on an easel, etc)
9:08 PM, Wednesday April 15th 2020
This is great! Thank you so much!
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