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"description": "Sometimes these compositional sketches are fun to do simply to think about how to arrange things on the picture plane. I really like the power lines leading into the painting The trees form a nice barrier about half-way through the painting as well. Between the trees and the foreground field, about a third to a half of the painting is a medium to dark value, and the sky is a light value against it. I'm learning that it's one thing to know these things, and another thing to play around with them ",
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"textContent": "Sometimes these compositional sketches are fun to do simply to think about how to arrange things on the picture plane. I really like the power lines leading into the painting The trees form a nice barrier about half-way through the painting as well. Between the trees and the foreground field, about a third to a half of the painting is a medium to dark value, and the sky is a light value against it. I'm learning that it's one thing to know these things, and another thing to play around with them in a composition. The more thorough knowledge comes from doing, not just learning.\n\n-ZR",
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