I look on the internet for inspiration, for what I want to draw or paint sometimes I do it from imagination. Sometimes I mix the reference with what I imagine; sometimes a reference is remembering me about my past. I don’t intend to copy the reference but to help myself with it.
When I started to learn to draw people first thing that motivate me carry on trying was to see that the eyes of the portrait I drew wore like real ones it make me feel seen and in company of somebody in the company of the portrait.