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In this video demonstration, Iliya Mirochnik draws a portrait in sanguine from a live model and answers live questions from an online audience about his education, his art, and technique.
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1. Russian Portrait Q&A Demonstration Overview
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2. Do you start with warm-up sketches when drawing a portrait?
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3. How do you measure the proportions of the head?
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4. What’s the difference between the Russian academic approach and approaches taught in America?
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5. What pencils would you recommend?
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6. Have you ever used your art skills to get a girl that you liked?
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7. Do you start the portrait the same way every time?
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8. Is this canvas or paper?
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9. Why did you choose this model?
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10. Do you have Instagram?
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11. Is this particular approach a combination of a structural approach with an atelier approach?
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12. How do you prevent the features from becoming too small?
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13. What is your favorite medium?
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14. What are your art influences?
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15. How do you work with shadows?
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16. Do you work from life or from photo for portrait commissions?
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17. Do you combine Italian and atelier approaches?
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18. What’s this paper’s tooth?
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19. How do you balance the design choices and the composition?
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20. Are the darker outlines part of the style or part of the process?
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21. Do you sculpt?
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22. How important is it to have a personal tutor when you’re studying?
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23. How long did you study at the Repin Academy?
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24. Is it possible to become a professional artist without going to Academies?
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25. Do you draw every day?
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26. Do you ever feel like your work is good enough?
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27. Is it quicker to learn from an instructor than from books?
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28. Do you ever exaggerate the features of the model?
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29. Is it unprofessional to use a blending stump?
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30. Do you break a lot when you’re working from a model?
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31. What’s your advice for those who feel like they’ve hit a plateau and are not improving?
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32. How long did it take you to acquire knowledge of anatomy?
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33. Do you have a particular order of operations or is it jazz?
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34. How young were you when you started your art education?
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35. What do you think of Reilly method of drawing?
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36. Do you have experience working digitally?
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37. What’s the benefit of working on paper mounted to a board?
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38. How many drawings does one need to do a day to improve?
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39. Did you have a practice session with this model before?
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40. How do you determine when a drawing is finished?
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41. Does it matter if the artwork has some smudges?
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42. What was the longest you spent on a drawing?
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43. What are your favorite art books?
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44. Do you work in silence or to music?
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45. Which lines do you emphasize and which ones do you leave out?
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46. What’s the best bit of advice you’ve received from a mentor?
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