This is one of my favorite paintings of yours, Marvin, and I'm really looking forward to seeing this develop step by step on your website.
I'm glad you mentioned the thrill of painting from life. It is one of the most potent endorphin-producing activities available to humankind. It is a highly addicting activity with long-range benefits as well.
If those of us who do this a lot keep mentioning this fact - "painting from life can make you happy" - to other artists, we will see a lot more good painting from life and less copying from bad photographs.
Namaste,
Linda
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