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Originally Posted by Steven Sweeney
Adrian provided the following response:
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Steven,
Thank you for the AhhA!! moment. Although I've departed from Portraiture for now, the Optical Red technique applies.
This past weekend my daughter was visiting from Berkeley for a much needed rest. I'd been working on a large banana still life, (trust me it's cool) and while she watched, I applied a deep red into the negative space around the highlight / leading edges. The effect was to "lift" the subject right off the canvas, In her words, Vibrant!!!
Once again, I'm transformed from idiot to savant, at least in her eyes.
I've said this before, but it's worth saying again, to those who may be thinking about joining this forum.
I returned to painting after a 20 year break. Trying to get up to speed, I spent the first few years pouring over posts on all manner of web sites offering artists a voice. After much wasting of time, I've narrowed my list of favorites to this one, only.