Some Observations on "Arm Hollows"

[Diane]

Koen, Sam G.,

I think Koen is right to keep in mind the distinction between veil and hair.  The same, I think, explains Sam's example.

It's also good to keep in mind the scale to which the painter was working; the draughtsmen were extraordinarily good at working to a small - even *tiny* scale, as e.g. the figure's hand, below.  But there were limits - the thickness of the painter's brush, or his paint.  That's why, instead of proper 'roses' in their cheeks, most figures have a few dots or tiny stoke of paint, I thiink.