My Almost Masterpiece
How do I know just when to stop
When one more stroke would be too much
Or do I need to shade and crop?
I turn the bottom to the top
A little trick – it’s not a crutch
How do I know just when to stop?
Add cobalt blue to make it pop
Titanium white – a tiny touch
Or do I need to shade and crop?
Paint out the extra still life prop
Then add another pear or such
How do I know just when to stop?
Put down the brush now, let it drop
Release it from my desperate clutch
Or do I need to shade and crop?
Walk away, my canvas swap
Before I change it overmuch
How do I know just when to stop?
Or do I need to shade and crop?
rhymeswithbug 
This describes the way I paint exactly… I am never quite satisfied and always adding more to my regret!
Dwigh
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Sometimes you just have to trust your guts as its hard to know when to stop. Love the villanelle form ~
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Love your villanelle. I always think of this quote by Matisse: “A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.” So hard to do!!
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