Chyna has just posted a question about portrait painting and as a matter of interest on portrait painting, or drawing, whatever, I remember watching a programme some time ago about a very well known portrait painter I can't recall his name sorry but he painted a lot of celebrities, a painting he was attempting at the time was of a female celebrity, he just couldn't get this painting right and had to start again with a new canvas and initial sketches. It's comforting to know that even experienced highly accomplished professional artists make mistakes sometimes... 
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Chyna_Doll
- 2009-06-23 @ 12:11:39
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wendlane
- http://www.moondustandangels.co.uk
- 2009-06-23 @ 13:03:11
Exactly, so it is worth trying and trying again, sometimes people give up too easily and just think they can't do it, it takes time
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jenray
Pro - http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2009-06-23 @ 15:00:21
If you don't catch the likeness quickly, better to start again...
GBHs...XXX-
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wendlane
- http://www.moondustandangels.co.uk
- 2009-06-23 @ 17:29:04
Yes I agree jen, art is a funny thing isn't it, can be the most magical thing on earth and the most infuriating!
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tylluanpenry
- 2009-06-23 @ 19:49:49
After half an hour painting (anything, no matter what the subject) I start to panic. Reason tells me to abandon... but I have learned that once I break through that half hour barrier, the picture almost always comes together. So now I stick at it and keep on going. It works for me 99% of the time!
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wendlane
- http://www.moondustandangels.co.uk
- 2009-06-24 @ 10:20:39
I panic over every painting I ever do, I understand why people never pick up a brush, you have to bold, and no-one has to see the disasters do they?
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Goes to show no-one is perfect, really