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Old 11-30-2002, 11:33 AM   #1
Margaret Port Margaret Port is offline
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How can I make black fabric interesting?




It seems that every portrait I contemplate has the person wearing black in some form. Assuming I am underpainting and glazing, what approach can I take to prevent the clothing looking dead? I usually can only pick up greyish highlights, not colours and if I make too much of them the fabric looks faded. This is an ongoing problem because I seem to like to paint musicians (who always wear black).
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