Noticed the Raphael. Was looking for the correct teacher.
Looked at your work, nice.
"Everyone else" seems to have discovered Arthur Dow. That does seem correct. Try and see the presinence captured in the brush stokes(The Italian word is quite different.) of this piece and select your paper accordingly. You'll notice that Dow is quite off and just about exactly by Pissarro, but then only one is a teacher by chozen profession, and the stressed context does suit that form.:
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