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  • The sitter's car had gone, Ethan and Aaron with it.

    A View of Equinox William Doreski 2011

  • We found the kids happy and grinning at the sitter's house, and for a few more days and nights, into the New Year, we stumbled along pretending to be a family.

    A View of Equinox William Doreski 2011

  • I'm being sent active duty for a week and I have to drive 45 minutes north to drop off two of dogs at a sitter's and then have to drive another two hours to drop off the third dog at my mom's house.

    Time Flies... - SpouseBUZZ 2009

  • The portrait in this case starts with a quick charcoal sketch on canvas, over which Freud begins applying paint to the area between the sitter's eyes, working slowly out in all directions, leaving parts of the white canvas unpainted almost until the very end.

    Jane Chafin: Lucian Freud: Man With a Blue Scarf by Martin Gayford Jane Chafin 2011

  • The portrait in this case starts with a quick charcoal sketch on canvas, over which Freud begins applying paint to the area between the sitter's eyes, working slowly out in all directions, leaving parts of the white canvas unpainted almost until the very end.

    Jane Chafin: Lucian Freud: Man With a Blue Scarf by Martin Gayford Jane Chafin 2011

  • A pet sitter reported that a beagle being cared for suddenly attacked the pet sitter's fiance and then ran off.

    Montgomery County Animal Watch Post 2010

  • In the earlier history of Western painting, from the Quattrocento through the Baroque, the portrait had mostly been both a means for conveying the specific data of a sitter's face and a machine for flattering him: It revealed him in his perfection, the best he could possibly look, wearing his finest and most ceremonious attire and surrounded by the attributes of his wealth and fame.

    A Tour de Force, Honest and Engaging James Gardner 2011

  • Spanish artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle has created colorful works based on a sitter's DNA chart.

    The Changing Face of Portraits Ellen Gamerman 2011

  • The individual becomes a type, and a sitter's personality—even a nude's eroticism—is neutered.

    The Bad Boy of Montparnasse Lance Esplund 2011

  • The portrait in this case starts with a quick charcoal sketch on canvas, over which Freud begins applying paint to the area between the sitter's eyes, working slowly out in all directions, leaving parts of the white canvas unpainted almost until the very end.

    Jane Chafin: Lucian Freud: Man With a Blue Scarf by Martin Gayford Jane Chafin 2011

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