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		narag on July 7, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dabblers and Blowhards - A Criticism of PG That's indeed the way current painters work. I think what the author says is that it wasn't when oil paint was invented.

zasz on July 8, 2008 [–]

Yes, but the only refutation I think he has is this little footnote saying that underneath the layer of paint is a super-precise line drawing. I would be incredulous to hear that super-precise line drawing was not a refinement of a blurrier one that just set out the basic idea.

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