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Mark Lovett · 09-02-2005, 05:03 PM

Thanks to all who were so kind to take the time to post their comments. I agree that a hand on the strings would be nice.

Scott, I love your work, and yes there is a portrait market in Potomac but I have not tapped into it much yet, although I hope to in the future.

This is what happened to the hand. I used a single incandescent light source coming from the cello side, and the hand was very close to the light resulting in a too bright and distracting hand. I would have had to title it "The Hand". Now I see from your many helpful comments that if I do another painting of this subject I will try and arrange the lighting in a manner that allows the hand to make contact with the cello with more subdued lighting on the hand.

09-02-2005, 05:03 PM	#7
Mark Lovett Juried Member Joined: Sep 2003 Location: Potomac, MD Posts: 67	My wife and cello Thanks to all who were so kind to take the time to post their comments. I agree that a hand on the strings would be nice. Scott, I love your work, and yes there is a portrait market in Potomac but I have not tapped into it much yet, although I hope to in the future. This is what happened to the hand. I used a single incandescent light source coming from the cello side, and the hand was very close to the light resulting in a too bright and distracting hand. I would have had to title it "The Hand". Now I see from your many helpful comments that if I do another painting of this subject I will try and arrange the lighting in a manner that allows the hand to make contact with the cello with more subdued lighting on the hand.