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Consider the source
Hello All,
The subject of visual source material, working from life vs. photographs etc., is obviously a topic of interest and controversy among portrait artists. Lots of strong opinions have been expressed on this forum regarding the effect of various visual sources on the appearance of the work. A few weeks ago Linda Ciallelo posed a link to some of her work in which she invited participants to pick the works that were done from life as opposed to using photo sources. I thought this was a brilliant idea, a kind of pictorial analog of a wine tasting competition. If the connoisseurs assert the claim that the source of a painting or drawing is manifest in its appearance, then they should be able to identify which works were done from photos, for example, with a reasonable degree of accuracy.
Unfortunately, the exercise was cut short when Linda revealed her source material early in the proceedings. I, however, was fascinated at the prospect of repeating the experiment, so I
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