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Hi all,
I hope this shows up okay. I've started to decrease the intensity of the background, left side. As Steven mentioned, that side is in shadow, with the right side catching more light. Do I need to neutralize it more? It still looks pretty intense.
I'll be rounding out his left arm more and possibly decreasing the size of the forearm, he looks like Popeye.
There will also be more of the brighter golds and greens in the foreground. And the cigar smoke will be more dense, and float to the right. I know that I've created a strong parallel line to the left and off the canvas with his pose (the legs and arm position). I'm going to try to counteract this with the foreground grass and cigar smoke drawing the eye back to the right and his face. This pose is so like Steve that I had to use it. Steven Sweeney said in another post somewhere that we recognize people not only by their face but there stance. I would recognize Steve from this pose from 100' away.
Jean
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