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PRACTICAL
t STAGE EIGHT
To paint the hair I used a lot of yellow colours, especially
where the sun highlighted the waves, and violet and browns
in the shadows. To enhance them and make the head stand
out, I painted the blue poster behind the blonde hair as they
are close complementaries and the contrast is high. These are
the little choices that make a diference in a paintingq FINISHED PAINTING
All Desires are Cursed, oil, 352 3 514in (90 3 130cm).
Finally, I painted the ice cream and the drips of melted ice
cream on the ingers and the arm