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subject, made a picture in his mind of the composition, blocked it out, then painted it. The modern artist works from the inside out. He doesn't know what he's going to paint when he takes his brushes up. He begins to put on the paint. It works itself out. He follows a kind of a rhythm of his own personality and instincts. A pattern gradually evolves. A color composition emerges - sometimes a very startling one, but it is one that ten years later is appreciated.





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