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In my watercolor class this was my first painting, modeled
after a photograph, probably from a magazine. In this
attempt I did a lot of things surprisingly well and there were
many things I was completely happy with, while there were also a
few things that came out looking like I needed some more
practice. In the original painting the right side of his nose
looked washed out and lopsided. I'm not sure why I painted it
that way, perhaps I was trying too hard to paint it exactly the
way it looked in the photograph. It's possible that the
photograph was over exposed in the highlighted area of the nose,
and it's also possible that the white markings on that side of
his nose were not symmetrical with the other side. Whatever the
reality or the reason, the result appeared as if I
didn't know what I was doing. As an artist, if portraying
something exactly as it is doesn't work, then you have got to be
willing to make changes. Before publishing my work here I
decided to go in and do some touch up work on that highlighted
side of his nose. I reduced the white patch and made it more
symmetrical to the opposite side. Then, whether it was that way
in the original photograph or not, I put a touch of color into
that white patch so that it didn't look completely washed out
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