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After having a painting on my wall for a year and not being happy, I decided to revisit it. Brave move, I'm sure you've all been there.
Anyone brave enough to critique on their preference?
Thank you
Alicia
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I'd just paint meself a new one - leave the old one for comparison/archive purposes, but don't fiddle with what you've done already. But - did you? Overpainting an old picture is to invite fiddling with it and killing it stone dead - put it to one side (hide it, and re-visit your original sketch or photo).
Many painters have re-visited older paintings - in the light of later knowledge and development of technique and vision: but I'd say it was generally a bad idea to re-work the actual painting, or to have it in front of you when you try painting another; start again from the basic vision and sketch: lay more developed work to one side and look at the original inspiration afresh.
