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Old 04-21-2005, 05:15 PM   #13
Lon Haverly Lon Haverly is offline
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Linda,

I really started this subject as an experiment with my new camera for the camera's sake. Then, I thought it would be fun to paint it.

Frankly, I never paint from life, when you have all this technology at your fingertips. I would be hard pressed to find anyone who would pose for me from life, as I take a few days for the simplest of paintings.

I draw from life almost exclusively, because my sketches are brief, sketchy, impressionistic drawings.

Linda, what makes this such a dead giveaway that it is from a photograph, if you had not seen the reference photo?

And, is it not OK to work from photos in some trains of thought? Especially if they are your own?

Marcus,

I guess I have not really attained any successful nitch with oils like I have with drawing. Perhaps that is because my style is yet to be defined to my liking. I try different lighting, different subjects, an different pallets. But I have not lit upon a particular nitch which defines my style. I hope to eventually. I do not even particularly like my style, yet. I am just finding out my preferences in the pallet. I think I have alot of painting to do. I have done alot of drawing. There are really no shortcuts.

Thank you for your imput. I want it, and it was useful!
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