12-25-2020, 06:52 AM
Regarding not doing the construction, I don't think it had a negative effect. You can always get things to look more correct with a full perspective construction, but it's at the cost of losing some expressive qualities (and usually time).
I think it's generally true (based on books and sketches/preliminary pieces I could find) that good imaginative artists start out with doing heavy construction for their pictures, and then gradually break away from it as they get more skilled, to the point that they only make quick scribbles before going all-in. So if you feel comfortable with breaking away from the heavy construction process now and then, it certainly wouldn't hurt. It's probably necessary to practice that if you eventually want to do less construction anyway.
I think it's generally true (based on books and sketches/preliminary pieces I could find) that good imaginative artists start out with doing heavy construction for their pictures, and then gradually break away from it as they get more skilled, to the point that they only make quick scribbles before going all-in. So if you feel comfortable with breaking away from the heavy construction process now and then, it certainly wouldn't hurt. It's probably necessary to practice that if you eventually want to do less construction anyway.