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Marjorie Firth

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Just finished an oil pastel which I’ve posted on the gallery. I’ve also cropped it….which view do you prefer? The crop changes the focus of interest I think.
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Marjorie Firth

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The cropped image…….

Sylvia Evans

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Very much the un cropped one Marjorie. those right hand colours lead your eye right in and give emphasis.

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Yes, I also like the uncropped version, Marjorie.
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Marjorie Firth

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Ooer…mmm…
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I go for the uncropped one as my favourite, but I also like the cropped one it’s a great demo of the change in focal point . I know sitting on the fence again.
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Tony Auffret

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Uncropped, definitely.  It has much more atmosphere to it.

Alan Bickley

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Well I’ll have to say that I much prefer the cropped version… my eye wanders out of the page with the uncropped one  - and makes for a more compact composition and better focal point!
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Marjorie Firth

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I feel the same as Alan…I can certainly change it, it’s on paper. Interesting the differing views. With the cropped my eye goes from the melons to the people.

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Jenny Harris

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Marjorie, I prefer the cropped version, I think it has a stronger composition, and the group of people becomes the focal point.

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Tessa Gwynne

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I prefer the uncropped version Marjorie. You’ve lost your lovely baskets on the cropped one, and I quite like the slightly unfinished look. I like both but once shown together you know what’s there!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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The cropped one or the uncropped one .... oh Lor' ... I have enough trouble with my own stuff, never mind yours, Marjorie.... the snag here is that I like those baskets in the uncropped version, but the cropped version takes me right into the picture, without a wait at the gate, as it were.  I think the cropped version is probably the better painting, just in terms of design.  I don't really have the luxury of cropping on most of my stuff, because it's not on paper but on rigid panels (or canvas, rarely); so am unused to thinking about it. What complicates this further for me is that Sylvia - who knows a good composition when she sees one - and Alan - ditto - take opposite views: what Sylvia takes as a point of entry, Alan takes as a diversion.  BUT - I'm going to plump!  The cropped one. 
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