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A young man in a tan collared shirt and dark trousers kneels on bare ground, painting a large board propped against a white building. The board shows a black-ink portrait of a bearded, bespectacled...

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December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesA man in a beige striped long-sleeved shirt and dark trousers crouches barefoot on dirt ground, painting a large white board decorated with colourful flower petals in green, orange, blue, yellow and pink. On the board is a painted portrait of a smiling man with a red bindi, long hair swept back, a dark rudraksha-style mala necklace, and a yellow-orange wash behind his head. Paint pots and scattered white rags lie nearby beside a window and wooden scaffolding. The portrait is a depiction on the board, not a physical person present, and the painter is the only physical person visible.2008-12-26A person in a beige striped long-sleeved top and dark trousers crouches on dirt ground, painting a large white board with a yellow-and-orange wash and a line drawing of a smiling man with a red tilak on his forehead and a beaded necklace. The board is decorated with bold multicolored flower shapes in green, yellow, orange, blue and pink. Paint tins, a cup and rags sit on the ground beside a white building with windows and a palm tree behind. The painted portrait is an artwork on a board, not a depicted a person identified by appearance, so a person is set to depiction only as a painted likeness with a visible tilak and beads.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A photograph of a man in a beige striped jacket and dark trousers painting a mural on a white wall beside a window. He leans forward, using a brush to outline a face. A printed black-and-white photo is held beside the wall for reference. The painted portrait is surrounded by bright yellow, orange and green stylised flowers and soft yellow-orange-green wash. A paint can sits on the ground near a dirt patch.2008-12-26 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A young man in a cream shirt and dark trousers, wearing red-framed glasses and a bracelet, crouches beside a white building wall and paints a large face outline in black. He holds a black-and-white photo reference in his left hand while sketching with his right. The wall behind him has washes of orange, yellow and green and large stylised flowers in yellow, orange and green. A window, a bare dirt yard and stacked building materials are visible. The painted face is a mural in progress; the person painting is not a depiction, and no one else is present in the frame.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A man in a beige striped long-sleeved shirt and dark trousers crouches on bare ground, painting a large mural on a white wall. He holds a small reference photograph in one hand and a brush in the other. The unfinished mural shows a face outlined in black with a loosely shaded yellow-orange wash behind it, surrounded by painted yellow, orange and green flowers. A tall window sits above the wall. Only one physical person is visible; the face on the mural is a painted depiction and not a person in the scene.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26