🌈🖍️Sophie M V Gray 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@sophiemvgray.com

26. UK. Artist. She/They.✨ Married to @Destross.bsky.social My website! ↓ ↓ ↓ sophiemvgray.com

Matthew Paris was a 13th century monk that saw King Henry III's elephant in person and sketched it. Compare his elephant art to that of the poor soul who illustrated the 15th century Tractatus de Herbis having never seen one. References aren't "cheating", they're integral to learn how to draw.

artwork of King Henry III's elephant, illustrated by Matthew Paris in the 13th century.artwork is from an edition of the Tractatus de Herbis, illustrated by an anonymous artist in the 15th century.
LaurenWalshArt@laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 4w ago

Use reference. I’m serious. I get it that somehow you or someone convinced you that using reference is “cheating.” It’s not. You are just hindering yourself.

"Mr. Nook, I'm gonna transfer the call to the phone on the table by the Froggy chair. The Froggy chair against the wall. The Orange end table, with the Regal lamp on it? The Regal Lamp that we moved from the corner? The Rotary phone, not the Nook phone."