07-03-2002, 11:42 PM
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FT Pro, Mem SOG,'08 Cert Excellence PSA, '02 Schroeder Portrait Award Copley Soc, '99 1st Place PSA, '98 Sp Recognition Washington Soc Portrait Artists, '97 1st Prize ASOPA, '97 Best Prtfolio ASOPA
Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Peterborough, NH
Posts: 1,114
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I paint from photographs too. But I think of them as only a "suggestion" of the reality that I am creating ("artistic license").
Lost and found edges don't always show up where you want them in photographs. You need to make them up when you have a logical opportunity to do so.
Utilizing a lost and found edge gives you a splendid compositional opportunity to integrate foreground, middle ground and/or background in a painting. Check out any of the Old Masters. They lost and found edges all the time.
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