Meat House

[Doolio]

meat is in da house!:)

i think understanding things is important - as is raw work, hence no life study or traditional piece remains unused by your brain in one way or another. you can be sure about that. stuff like "oh, the skin does x color-wise when illuminated by a lightbulb" will remain in your head forever.
the only real downside - which i have learned the hard way - is when you get into life drawing "more than you should", in other words, when you let it be your sole course of action and then you get more and more comfortable etc.
that's why i can produce a semi-decent looking oil painting of a referenced "girl and the window" type of stuff from a model but can't draw a sunflower from imagination that is better than some elementary school kid's:)