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    12. LOOKING UP

    Nov 27, 2020 4 minutes

    THE BENEFITS

    Seeing a face in an unusual position causes us to readjust our thinking and try to make sense of it in order for us to feel comfortable again. The tendency is there to straighten things up, to extract symmetry where it does not exist, and to push, coax and encourage things back to normal. By dropping the urge to do this, you will maintain aliveness and freshness when painting from observation.

    THE PROCESS

    The challenge, then, is to paint someone looking up. Pay close attention to the differences that occur from this angle. The eyes are higher than the ears. The underside of the nose is in full view. Distances are

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