- A good drawing should work at every stage.
- Stand back to evaluate your work. If you get close to a Sargent or Rembrandt they can almost look abstract close up. This makes perfect sense - you have to stand back, so you expect it be in focus where it will be observed, not where the paint happens to be applied.
- Observe, think about what you need to change and then walk up to the canvas to make the change
- Work very big occasionally. Working at one scale constantly will lock you to that scale.
- Spend the most time on defining the shadow shapes. Refining these shapes will naturally lead to softness where it is required.
- Don't forget your mid-tones. In my case while focusing on shadow shapes I blocked out the light of a leg and the torso to be the same. The torso was actually a lot brighter than the leg.
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