Peter's Sketchbook

[Peter]

How far back is your viewing position? Fedo recently tried stepping back further and it went well for him. Could be worth trying. In general, we're just not very good at judging things when they take up a larger area of out field of view. Stepping back allows us to focus things to where we're better equipped to judge the accuracy of what we're doing. If you set up your easel so you can see your drawing and the subject at the same time, you can more easily compare the two as you step back. It can maybe feel like a trivial thing but it makes a big difference.

Thanks for the suggestion Tristan, the thought never actually crossed my mind, that probably explains why I don't seem to have this issue when i'm doing the figure assignments since the head doesn't take up my entire screen.

I'll give it ago when I next work on my protraits and see if it helps. :)