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How wonderful! I know a lot of people use photos for reference these days, but I'm with you on this one - on the (rare!) occasions that I sketch, it is always from real life, too. I need all 3 dimensions, or it just doesn't work!

I do not like drawing on a photo. This is a copy, not a drawing. It has little creativity. Sometimes it is necessary, when there is no nature. But in most cases I prefer to draw a real life.

Same here, @marymik23. Although I'm more of an abstract expressionist, I do still enjoy a bit of a skethc from time to time, and it's always either from life or straight from my imagination :o)