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The twist
Hmmm. . .Linda, glad you brought up that thing about a twisting body posture connoting tension. I know lots of portraitists use this posture as a matter of course, to create interest. I've noticed also that many traditional portraits of women show them twisting. Is it sexier? More provocative? More "feminine?" Or simply more interesting?
Just to be perverse, I deliberately try not to use it in my portraits of women, except in cases where it connotes something specific (not necessarily negative) about the woman, and about the emotion or the whole concept of the painting.
Maybe we should start a new thread about this.
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