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Old 07-31-2002, 08:31 AM   #10
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I've given up on trying to eliminate every last speck of dust and hair, but I had a painting once where I used a lot of medium in a particularly dark shadow (and man, did it attract the stuff, even after drying!). Now if I glaze (rarely), I borrow a technique from pastel artists and tip the easel just slightly forward of vertical while the paint sets up. The dust falls away from the surface rather than onto it. Usually kills glare, too. It's helped a lot.

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