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<DIV>I'd say good thing your client stopped you. I used to know an
old-fashioned watercolourist who always let one edge/corner or another of her
paintings slide into white paper, for that 'unfinished' look. Never
thought too much of it, as she was a copyist, but maybe she had a thought
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<DIV>The apple blossoms just glow and the whole thing looks bathed in sunlight
with the marvelous tones of the paint coming to fore. Gorgeous, and I
assume you are going to do this one again some time?</DIV>
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<DIV>pat chapin</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 03, 2009 8:47 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Aquanet] Apple Blossom Time -
May Theme Gallery</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Apple Blossom Time is about 13" by 19" for the painted
part of<BR>a half sheet of Kilimanjaro 140 lb. cold press bright white
paper. I loved painting this.<BR>However, I had a prospective buyer
before I ever thought it was finished, on the<BR>condition that I not touch it
anymore. I still see things that I feel I ought to do but...<BR>the
customer is always right! She wanted to bid on it, I put it up on ebay,
she<BR>did, now she's been outbid! Sometimes maybe things are finished
before we<BR>think that they are.<BR><BR>Mistakes I was thinking I made:
Thought I drew these tiny blossoms way too<BR>big, and that the photograph I
had was too small to see clearly tiny details in<BR>the
flowers. I had even thought about starting over at a smaller
size.<BR>But it's out of my hands now. Nita Engle said one time in a
workshop<BR>that sometimes you only know you are finished when somebody
takes<BR>it away from you. I still have it but think it's important not
to touch it,<BR>since it was presented in this form.<BR><BR>This is the last
painting I've completed. Also, there is no white paint<BR>on this
painting whatsoever. It's all transparent
watercolor.<BR><BR>Cia<BR><BR><IMG height=500 alt=""
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