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The mind's eye
Well I feel I must agree with both Celeste and Henry.
First I must side with Henry that the key to a good painting is good reference.
Back in college I was studying illustration and we would have assignments from story illustration to technical illustration. And the number one reason for a less than convincing illustration was poor, or a complete lack of, reference. Now most of us can draw and paint a recognizable object from memory and some of us can even paint a half decent portrait of a person we know well from memory. But it is a very rare person to near genius that can paint completely from memory and pull off a completely convincing painting of a person only from a image in their mind.
Now on the side of Celeste I have to say the former is no reason why we can
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