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Originally Posted by hugohs
I thought, in order to show you some Miss A. Peel's work, I'd post the front and back of one of her paintings. This painting is titled, "Glorious Summer" and is dated August, 1877. The comment from her tutor reads,
"Now there is a great deal of good in this sketch. The colours are very good in the in the distance which is in all respects the best part of the drawing[. A]s we get to the foreground then the work of colour becomes weak in comparison and that is just the part which requires the most care and finish. For instance the rocks int he foreground should and would stand out sharp and distinctly from everything else, no matter what their colour might be; here they do not for want of sharp edges. The small bit of rock right in front in the centre of the drawing melts in with the water which could not be: it looks no more solid that the water. Had it stodd out distinct from the water it would have come in front of everything as it should do, and it would have given transparency to the water which is rather too much of the [illegible] color."
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I think this is beautiful, what harsh criticism, she must have been looking beyond the boulders to the fells. Art is only a perception of the person observing, I think she was in love.....