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Sage and Copper Scissors, Painted in Egg Tempera
Fine dry tempera strokes should render the leaf's downy underside — not photographic blur standing in for paint.
✍️ Use fine dry crosshatched tempera strokes to suggest the leaf's fuzzy underside — don't substitute photographic blur for actual paint technique.
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An egg-tempera still life of three sage sprigs beside small antique copper scissors on pale ochre paper, fine dry crosshatching, muted mineral pigments, exact botanical leaf shapes, modest overhead arrangement, handmade museum-study feeling without labels. Square 1:1 standalone finished image. No text, logo, watermark, border, grid, multi-panel layout or contact sheet.
