So I said, "That's great! The skin tone is perfect! In fact, it is so perfect that it matches precisely the value of that brushed aluminum lamp-post that is extending his head right out the top of the frame."[/quote]
That's cold, what a way to learn.
It reminds me of grade school when someone shouts out, "Hey look his drawing is crooked" That person decides at that instant to never try to be artistic again and adopts the philosophy, "I'm not artistic", when they might have developed into the greatest living artist of their time.
In reality though who is going to tell the student about the pipe. They would loose confidence in the teacher if someone pointed it out later. Learning can be tough. At a well know school in Southern California there is a no punches pulled school that simply tears up the print or negative and doesn't allow anyone to see it.
Maybe discuss composition before printing? That's another discussion.
Why some have it from the start, IE AA, or someone who struggles for years to refine the craft is not easy to define. What about Grandma Moses who worked at the end of her life, did it take that long to learn, or did he always have what it and not use it?
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