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There are exceptions
Sometimes it is better to cut your losses or not to attack (Napoleon should never have taken on Wellington without being sure where Blucher was). On the other hand why continue with a painting where all issues have been resolved at the start? This would become a mere painting by numbers exercise. The excitement is in the process not the result and where is art without excitement? I love to see drawing marks and corrections and the visual residue of the thought processes of the artist as they developed the piece - Coldstream is a classic example.
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