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By the end it felt like my own, not because I took it, but because I had learned every inch of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI painted A Study of Texture and Light entirely digitally, using layered brush strokes to build up colour, shadow and reflective surface detail. The dot work for the sequins and embellishment was painstaking and meditative. It was also where I learned the most about how light behaves on different textures, something that now influences how I approach surface and glaze in my ceramic practice. 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