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Old 01-01-2007, 11:19 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Linda Brandon
My current thinking is that beauty is essentially a fluid concept and strength/ truth is essentially a solid concept.
What a fascinating idea!

It occurred to me that the idea of making objects "swim in the air" might have something to do with the interaction between figure and ground. So as not to repeat myself (as my kids tell me I do) I'm going to post this link to one of my long and rambling thoughts.(wish I could be as succinct as you, Linda!)
http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...8558#post68558

There's a great thread in this forum somewhere about composing in masses of dark and light, or value massing, by Peggy Baumgaertner. I'll try to find it and post a link.

Here's the link;
http://forum.portraitartist,com/show...hlight=massing
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