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July 12, 2005
Two days later...
The drawings furnish the detail for the form and the paint supplies the means to describe it.
By cleverly arranging the colours next to each other on the surface, the portrait of Mr and Mrs Jones nears completion - after nearly two years. During which time it has laid abandoned in the studio, subject at one point to a terrible accident with the dregs of the turps tin, which managed to obliterate most of the picture. Skilful use of the scraping tool salvaged the image and painting continued at the rate of an ice-age.
Not that it’s taken a long time… but Mr and Mrs Jones could have evolved into super-intelligent etherial beings during the painting of their portrait [they didn’t]. Now I’m on the home strait, the end is in sight. A good coat of looking at, something rude on Mr Jones’ tee-shirt and BINGO! Finished.
Posted by john at July 12, 2005 08:37 PM
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