http://www.artistdaily.com/blogs/artistdaily/archive/2012/10/10/with-skill-comes-style.aspxI feel like every time I pick up a pencil to attempt portrait drawing, I am back in elementary school learning the basics of how to draw a face all over again. You know that art argument about whether you need natural talent to learn how to draw? WellenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)http://www.artistdaily.com/blogs/artistdaily/archive/2012/10/10/with-skill-comes-style.aspx#153029Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:48:28 GMT2bfc0e10-a4d2-4b68-ab7f-f11d606ed6fe:153029Blackbird_61<p>Yea know it&#39;s funny you mention this - I&#39;ve never much worried about my &#39;Style&#39; per se, but I think I have a good feel for what it is and isn&#39;t; Most Readers of the Forum will be familiar with &nbsp;Lee Hammond&#39;s books on Drawing Technique; which would very often show a Drawing in four stages, from outine, to Line, to Line with tones, to a full tonal drawing. </p> <p>What I always found was I very much liked the 3rd Study best; the linear elements made the drawing look like a drawing; and not to dis such an accomplished Artist and Teacher; but the full tonal drawing always looked flat and waxy to me; and where never nearly my own cup of tea, even if they were more technically demanding work; because I love drawing for it&#39;s own sake as an art and not just a means of doing studies for painting or sculpture; I do prefer a drawing that never forgets it is a drawing. BB. &nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.artistdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=153029" width="1" height="1">