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Old 08-02-2004, 02:33 PM   #5
Joan Breckwoldt Joan Breckwoldt is offline
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Somebody stop me!

Debra, this post came at a perfect time. I am working on a portrait and I have covered the entire canvas. I had some drawing errors in the head so I scraped that off and started again. Now I'm redoing the whole head and I can't stop 'tweaking' things to get it "better and better" (in my mind anyway). There seems to ALWAYS be something that needs to be moved 1/16" or so. And I'm just working on the tones, this isn't even color! Help!

I walk by the canvas and SEE something that needs just a quick adjustment, an hour later I'm putting the brush down. I am definately a "detail" person, so this part is actually fun, but enough already! I know I need to move on to the next step, which is color. Probably I'm stuck in this stage because the next step is the scary stage.

Michele, your answer to this question was great. I hope we'll hear more about when to stop. I do plan to have some brush strokes visible, my vision is not to end up with a highly refined portrait, just a nice portrait that looks like my model.

Thanks,

Joan
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