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Thursday, May 6, 2010

The yellow dress

Oil on linen, 5" x 6"
I struggled with this one- I liked the image of the yellow dress so much, when I tried putting other people in the painting they seemed to be too much of a distraction. I ended up painting out the people on the other side of the table, and cropped a little off the right side of the painting.

3 comments:

  1. brush strokes are nice and green is is essentially soothing.Thanks

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  2. Oh, I like this! The gesture of that figure is great and the strokes of the dress explain everything so well. Great painting.

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  3. I think you made exactly the right choices re composition - the figure stands bold and strong and any distractions would detract from the striking set up you have now. Great flashes of light on the dress and very well executed!

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