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Old 10-25-2004, 09:40 PM   #1
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Thanks, Allan!
I've learned a lot from you and everyone here.
Reading an article about the Long March by an American student, as if looking at a mirror, I've realized how difficult to paint a profound portrait. His paper is quite good but missed some key points. A blemish in otherwise perfect thing.
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Old 10-26-2004, 11:27 AM   #2
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"Sharpen a knife will not waste time for cutting firewood".
Waste not, want not.
There are two ways to dull your knife's edge: overuse or rust. "Rather exhaust than rust"? why not balance it well.
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Old 10-26-2004, 02:34 PM   #3
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"Sharpen a knife will not waste time for cutting firewood".
Waste not, want not.
There are two ways to dull your knife's edge: overuse or rust. "Rather exhaust than rust"? why not balance it well.

SB,

Even the best knife need sharpening now and then.

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Old 11-10-2004, 01:56 PM   #4
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Yes, it's difficult to be the best all the life, that Mao failed for his own words, his errors in his later years caused disaster.

New idea of art is symbolized. Cynthia found this
http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Edw...=26791&MnuID=2

"The full-frontal female nude sprinkling seeds symbolises Orpen
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Old 09-07-2006, 05:21 PM   #5
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I did some caricatures in the past, I'll resume it for the best medicine, See the New Yorker...
http://www.cartoonbank.com/CapContes...st.aspx?id=103[url]
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Old 02-04-2008, 12:29 PM   #6
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http://employees.oneonta.edu/farbera..._comp_anat.jpg

Legs----there is more than meets the eye.
What can your art be inspired by the aspect of the human legs?
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Old 02-05-2008, 08:44 PM   #7
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Leonardo da Vinci: Studies of the Human Body and Principles of Anatomy

http://www.mmi.unimaas.nl/people/Vel...20Anatomy.html

http://www.leonardo-davinci.org/vitruvianman.php
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