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Thank you, Bill.
I found a larger version of that pic and used it to do a study.
I was quite pleased, pointing out lights, highlights, shadows and reflections really made me look and examine the subject matter more thoroughly.
I know I reached my objective when my wife came in and said, "Wow. it almost looks like it could be a mirror reflection."
Looking at the folds, and seeing more than just dark and light, but various degrees of light, and dark or shadow then reflective light, painting the folds suddenly were not as difficult as they had been.
The frustrating thing about this is, I should have known to do this. I mean, when I am painting a face for instance, I look for the lights, shadow, cast shadow, and reflective light.
For some reason, it just didn't compute to folds, but now it does, so thank you very much.
Now, I move on to another one I wish to figure out. I am painting a rain barrel, as I have seen several artist add to their themes and I like the results. So I want to see now if I can make my paint take on the look of wood.
Each challenge overcome is just one more step toward my goals I have set.
Ever learning,
Mark
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