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Old 06-19-2004, 12:21 PM   #4
Sharon Knettell Sharon Knettell is offline
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I think Linda has made a good point about doing a thumbnail color and composition study before proceeding.

I like the strong pyramidal composition of the figure and the quilt falling to the floor. The whole structure of the chair woman and quilt would work alone with only a strong vertical device to balance the composition on the right hand side. The fireplace is too busy and the doll at the end pulls the eye away. Even if you were to keep the fire place it should be dulled with a complementary color, which in this example would probably be green. The bricks would have been better if they had been suggested rather than individually painted.

Velasquez is a good example to study, his pictures are good examples of what to adumbrate and what to focus.

See if you can find some examples of the Boston School, like Tarbell, Benson and Paxton to see how beautifully interior domestic subjects can be handled.
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