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When is it FINISHED??

By Lewis Noble

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Level
Intermediate
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An abstract landscape painter gives three tests for a finished painting: enough variety in the marks, a balance of busy and quiet areas that moves the eye, and a developed paint surface across the whole canvas. Suggests working on several paintings at once so you see each one more freshly.