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Old 07-05-2005, 07:01 AM   #7
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Thanks, Richard, Lacey, Debra and Tricia -

I used a photo that a middle school friend shot while at recess (of course I changed features where necessary to avoid legal issues) as the basis for this painting, so I don't have the benefit of asking the models to pose again for me. So any changes made will involve finding other kids to pose.

I like the forward moving feel of most of the picture, but need to lead the eye back into the picture more and not off the canvas.

Can anyone find any examples of pictures of this type of forward movement (with the compositional issues resolved)? For instance, International Artist showed a picture by Harvey Dinnerstein called "Parade", that has a lot of forward movement. Unfortunately, they only show a slice of it., so it only tantalizes, doesn't help.
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