Oh, my. No, I don't imagine a Centaur would consent to sitting a portrait. I wonder, actually... It strikes me that they might have objections to having images made of them. A belief that images have a power that compromises their own in some way. That is not to say that you oughtn't to draw what you remember seeing, only to say that you might refrain from mentioning it to any of them. Awfully particular, Centaurs.
I quite agree about goats' eyes. Sometimes I find them unsettling, the way they look at you out of slits, as it were. But they can be most expressive, despite that, and I do believe that what seems queer about them is a matter of my holding a prejudice. Too many childhood tales made them out to be devilish, you know, when the truth is they are no more likely to be sweet or evil tempered, mischievous or amenable, stubborn or energetic than you or I.
I'm hardly one to look askance at quick sketching, or at leaving some work in a rough state while finishing other pieces. You have a gift and it develops only by using it. I quite enjoyed seeing the way you see things with your pencil and your fingers. A flick here, a stroke there, quick hatching to show shadow or a blur of movement. You're learning all those things.
You had one of a woman. Before the Saltash pictures, I think. She was frowning and nearly three-quarters in shadow. Making a decision, I thought. One that mattered a great deal. That was just a quick sketch, but you captured so much in those few marks on the page.
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Date: 2014-06-30 01:08 am (UTC)I quite agree about goats' eyes. Sometimes I find them unsettling, the way they look at you out of slits, as it were. But they can be most expressive, despite that, and I do believe that what seems queer about them is a matter of my holding a prejudice. Too many childhood tales made them out to be devilish, you know, when the truth is they are no more likely to be sweet or evil tempered, mischievous or amenable, stubborn or energetic than you or I.
I'm hardly one to look askance at quick sketching, or at leaving some work in a rough state while finishing other pieces. You have a gift and it develops only by using it. I quite enjoyed seeing the way you see things with your pencil and your fingers. A flick here, a stroke there, quick hatching to show shadow or a blur of movement. You're learning all those things.
You had one of a woman. Before the Saltash pictures, I think. She was frowning and nearly three-quarters in shadow. Making a decision, I thought. One that mattered a great deal. That was just a quick sketch, but you captured so much in those few marks on the page.