Brazilian Steam Locomotive 2-10-2 No 201
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It's looking not only good, but beautiful. What a very useful comment by Tony, though - I have two easels, one that I need to stand up to, the other a table-top: if I get too near the latter, I can so easily lose a sense of the overall, and make perspective and form mistakes. I expect you're working flat on a table, or at an angle - best advice is to get up and stand back now and then: things you just didn't see before can then leap out at you. The other tried and trusted method - which does work - is to turn you picture upside down, or perhaps hold it up to a mirror - those little distortions you hadn't seen can then become obvious. Very useful to have an independent observer to point them out to you, though!Hello Robert, thanks too for your comments. Thanks too for your suggestions as to trying to view things in different ways. I must admit that I do look at my paintings from a distance as it helps me with checking the shading and contrast, but in this case I still managed 'not to see' the slight mishap on the smoke stack / chimney. So as you say always good to also get the view of someone else as they can see things which I as the one putting the paint down can miss and even better to spot it before you have 'finished' and it's possibly then too late to sort out. It's one of the great things with this forum as everyone out there is another pair of 'artists' eyes and this can be a big help. All the Best Malcolm
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by Malcolm Davies
