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Old 01-21-2005, 12:52 PM   #5
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Yes Mike, I realized my question sounds quite general and it seems to be asking "how and what to paint and draw" which takes eons to resolve for anybody if he/she works hard and is talented and persistent enough.

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The success or failure of any painting will ride on whether the light adequately defines the form. This can be accomplished indoors or out.
I couldn't agree with you more. But to what degree does one judge "adequacy"? - highly subjective matter I dare say, and an instinctual one too. I guess "what lighting moves you" is probably closer to what I am driving at. Which leads to:

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judgment. And more often than not it is the judgment regarding the quality of light.
Thanks for trying to respond. I know it's a tough one to wrap oneself around
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