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THE ALEXANDER PAINTING NO.3

Let me take another look ... Things I don't like; The problem of linking the sky to the ground still persists... If I don't solve this problem this painting is destined to oblivion! Radical measures ... take out some light and darken the wall.

Join middle ground to top middle ground above ...how about a ladder?(lateral thinking). Then let's cheat a little and join left to right with a beam of slanting light. And some ultramarine to warm the sky.... In desperate need of foreground entry points ... Here we reach another critical juncture; all or nothing? I decide on sheep - actually I always had sheep in mind as I wanted something low and runing toward the viewer. Put them in dark and see how they look... Entry and exit points ... Exit; the eye travells across the middle ground up the ladder across on the light and out through the sky. Entry: 1.Follow floor boards halfway up in the left - down ladder and in. 2. Perspective edge-line half way up in right... Problems; the dog is no good! The woman on the right is too high! Needs a few toutches to give extra depth and curve to the street.

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