When you start a painting or a drawing it’s very easy to get
distracted by fine details, which can be overwhelming.
By simply squinting your eyes as you look at the subject,
you can eliminate a lot of the detail, making it much easier to see simple
shapes and values, if you are near sighted, just taking off your glasses does
the same thing.
As you squint your eyes, most of that detail is removed and
you are left with large simple shapes and just two or three main values.
This way you can block in the shapes and values first and
then you can get more detailed later if you need or want to.
Below are photos I found on the internet to illustrate squinting.
This one is from Ewan McClure
This one is from Dan Johnson
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