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related visible things in color only through paint. Very truly we say a [[underline]] "painting". [[/underline]] a "picture" is also any illustration or photograf;
[[underline]] Deduction. [[/underline]] I must repaint this picture after scraping it all off and using the left over effect of color as an underpainting, by putting full thin colors with a bristle brush on, bringing [[underline]] simultaneously the hues and tones of all parts of the canvas [[/underline]] into play, instead of finishing first sky then back ground etc. This is to be henceforth the method.
Exceeding [[underline]] skill [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] in a 'prima'--powerful precise varied expressive paint stroke prompted by a mind in perfect possession of its own philosophy, conception of the motif, grasp of its time and tendencies, precise and feeling imagination, unusual, harmonious originality and independence of all that is foreign to its own individuality of views and natural qualifications: that alone can produce and perfect.

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