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Old 05-29-2002, 05:57 PM   #16
Mari DeRuntz Mari DeRuntz is offline
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IMO the loose treatment of the window in the background works well.... Because of the cool colors and the loose brushwork, the hint of the water and building that comprise the landscape, it remains flat, stays a design element, becomes almost Diebenkorn-esque.

You mentioned stregthening the window frame but this might make the background compete too strongly with the figure. As it is, I love it.

I always learn from Peggy's posts and from her tapes, which I HIGHLY recommend. I am reminded again how everything in the painting can be measured against a basic unit, from the sitter's chin to hairline, or chin to bottom of the nose, etc. When I become crosseyed from looking it helps to re-think simple measurements in simple units.
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