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Old 06-12-2006, 08:23 PM   #17
Richard Budig Richard Budig is offline
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Marcus:

I think you're right (in the post preceding this one), that perhaps these grids/lines give him a sens of balance and help in placement. With those diamond shapes, he can visually judge where his figures are on the canvas . . . not that this isn't possible, anyway. But, with the grid(s), which will eventually disappear, he can get a quick sense of place, balance, structure, and perhaps, snoop out some ideas for additions or adornments or whatever. It looks to me as though he has mor or less halved the canvas, and then halved the top half again, and dropped a couple of light-lined verticals. Again, to my sense, it may help him with his "mental" picture.
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