23-10-2016, 01:26 PM
Koen, Sam G.,
I think Koen is right to keep in mind the distinction between veil and hair. The same, I think, explains Sam's example.
It's also good to keep in mind the scale to which the painter was working; the draughtsmen were extraordinarily good at working to a small - even *tiny* scale, as e.g. the figure's hand, below. But there were limits - the thickness of the painter's brush, or his paint. That's why, instead of proper 'roses' in their cheeks, most figures have a few dots or tiny stoke of paint, I thiink.
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I think Koen is right to keep in mind the distinction between veil and hair. The same, I think, explains Sam's example.
It's also good to keep in mind the scale to which the painter was working; the draughtsmen were extraordinarily good at working to a small - even *tiny* scale, as e.g. the figure's hand, below. But there were limits - the thickness of the painter's brush, or his paint. That's why, instead of proper 'roses' in their cheeks, most figures have a few dots or tiny stoke of paint, I thiink.