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Artistic licence

This little painting is the embodiment of the term ‘artistic licence’. None of it was taken from a reference, so it’s entirely from memory and imagination. A painting this loose has so much potential for licence, as no one can say if it’s right or wrong. Licence has also been taken with colour too; just a

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