In my limited experience I seem to come to a point where I look at my work
very closely and ask myself if anything more will help or hurt.
Usually when I get to that point, it's time to stop - unless I find some
cleanup I need to do.

Kate

"mac davis" wrote in message
...
This piece is nothing special, just wanted to illustrate a point..

I think that in turning, as well as other art forms, knowing when to stop is
as
important as knowing how to make or do the work..

Could I have made the piece really, really round?
Sure.. but besides being smaller and maybe bottom heavy, I think it would be
less interesting....

I noticed several years and a wife ago that it's very true with painters..
My ex-wife would do what I thought was a nice painting and then try to make
it
better by adding more detail, color, shadow, whatever... Usually it hurt
more
than helped...

I'm not trying to be Arch or Charlie here, just curious if anyone else had
opinions about "when to stop" or "when it's finished"..


mac

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