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Justin,
you certainly hit a sore dilemma of ours: to what extend shall we benefit from technical means?
I say that we shall use whatever means helps us to obtain our goals.
So what is our goals then?
I can only speak for my self of cause.
My goal is to express something painterly coherent, which means that the marks of the brush is the words that tell the story, I don't paint everything in front of me but choose some of the parts from my motif.
I may begin a painting by squaring up and transferring a motif taken from a photo, to get a certain composition. But once I start painting I will simplify, or summarize the elements in an attempt to make the painting live through the brushstrokes....the brush strokes tell the story. Does that make sense ?
I sacrifice the original picture and make my own story.
My story is not depending on the edges, values or colors of my motif, but is, of cause, inspired from it. That is how I paint even if I am painting from a photo or from life.
I admire the way that you answer to the critic of ( one of ) your methods, I think that it is important to focus on the matter and not take everything too personally.
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