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I have long been of the opinion that portraiture is the highest of the fine art forms. I believe a portrait artist is absolutely unlimited in what he or she can paint. Further, only a relative few people have enough talent to do it well; fewer yet have the drive it takes. Still, there are many of us who want to do portraiture, until we discover how brutally difficult it is. That accounts for many of the people who sign up, but don't participate. With the best of intentions, they think, I'll post something for critique when I get good enough. Of course, most of the time, this never happens.
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Thank you Will. A great many of us struggle with the fine art of portraiture. Thankfully, I have been grandfathered in as I have not yet been asked to submit work for approval. I recall Cynthia mentioning that the site would soon be juried when we met at Peggy's workshop in Sarasota last spring. To date I have not yet produced a portrait worthy of display. My time to practice is limited, in the meantime I am painting pictures that will pay the bills. I have been inactive in the forum for the past year for various reasons, but it has provided a wealth of information that I could not have gleaned from any book, magazine or video. Had it not been for the forum I would not have had the opportunity to take Peggy's workshop. She is a wonderful teacher and although I am not whipping out portraits as planned
she made me a better painter . In the portrait world I would consider myself a "dabbler" at this point, and after hearing that the site would become juried all hopes of posting my work were dashed.
I am willing to pay a small annual fee for the privelige of reading the forum. It will be some time before I could post anything for critique at which time a "upgrade" of my membership may be in order.