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Portrait
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In this painting, Vibrant Lord Vernal Mauve looked as poised and polished as one might expect. His proportional relationship with the ruins suggested he was short in stature, but there was a confidence to his stance that made him appear to occupy much more space. Lord Mauve was dressed in a ruffled blouse of tea-rose lace that lay daringly unlaced across his collarbones, paired with a set of trousers seemingly sewn from a full meadow of fresh rose petals. Like most Faeries, he sported a pair of
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― The Art of Charming a Changeling
― The Art of Charming a Changeling
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Every face has expression of a far more interesting and enduring kind than these momentary disturbances of its form occasioned by laughter or some passing thought, &c. And it must never be forgotten that a portrait is a panel painted to remain for centuries without movement. So that a large amount of the quality of repose must enter into its composition.
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― The Practice and Science of Drawing
― The Practice and Science of Drawing
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