Composition - ACE352.4

Richardson is worried about part of his painting and needs to change it by darkening the lighter side. Commentary suggests that Richardson is employing some of the techniques of the Old Masters, building up his painting in layers. Still of Rubens’s Samson and Delilah (Samson en Delila, 1609) which uses the scumbling technique.
Richardson working on painting. He demonstrates that partial images at the edge of the picture suggest something more going on outside it. Cropped images in paintings by Edgar Degas, like many Impressionists, influenced by Japanese prints. Photography also gave him new ideas. Richardson putting the finishing touches to his painting. He talks about reaching the end when things are in the "right place", and about framing the picture, now hanging in a gallery. He discusses it with his father.
Credits over continuing conversation.