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I wish I had been around to read this thread a few weeks earlier. I had made a couple of experiments in oil painting on some canvas paper, just to learn about mixing paint and painting it on. I had made very quick sketches from magazine covers, not even worrying about getting the proportions right, to have something to try to copy.
I had dinner with my sister and her husband, and they wanted to see what I had been up to. My brother-in-law asked me if I was going to frame them, and I said, "No, they are just experiments; I'm going to throw them away." He asked for them, and without thinking I gave them to him.
Well, now he is showing them to one and all as demonstrations of my artistic talent. I cringe to see the drawing errors, and the horrible muddy messes where I tried blending colors. He is so proud of me, and can't understand that I don't want these to represent me.
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