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My favorite part of this painting is the gold lettering on the hat. If I didn’t point out that it read “Happy New Year” would you notice?

The ‘rules’ of art are flexible, but when you compare what different artists say, you’ll find a lot of overlap.

I don’t really expect you to do much work today, but here’s a project if you need time off from the holiday festivities.

Context is everything when it comes to reading a painting, and the artist has lots of latitude in repurposing reference pictures.