Prompt:
Masterpiece, close up drawn with ink, scratching, splashing, blotting, irregular stroke, squiggly line, evocative. Colored with muted impasto drip oil painting, splatter, overspray of color, painted on black canvas. Textures of squiggly lines and color splatter merge and bring to life the vivid a romantic, hand-painted gouache-style illustration in the nostalgic Americana style of Duane Bryers, reimagined through the golden glow of 1950s Rome. A young American woman, the picture of elegance and quiet hope, sits perched on the marble edge of the Trevi Fountain. She gently tosses three coins into the water one has just landed with a delicate ripple, while two more spin mid-air, caught in a moment of weightless, wishful motion. She resembles Audrey Hepburn, with a graceful, slender frame and a soft 1950s bob, gently curled and shining beneath the golden lamplight. Her smile is serene and knowing, her eyes alight with possibility. She wears deep red matte lipstick and black false eyelashes. Her brows are impeccably groomed and her soft green eyes sparkle. She wears a classic mid-century dress, the kind in a Douglas Sirk melodrama—a fitted bodice with a modest neckline, cinched at the waist, & a full skirt that fans across the stone bench in sweeping folds. The fabric is deep light blue with checks, its texture rendered in visible brushstrokes that ripple and catch the light like real cloth. The brushwork across the skirt is particularly expressive a mix of layered gouache washes & dry-brush texture to capture the richness of the weave & weight of the fabric. The fountain glows behind her, its sculpted figures partially silhouetted by warm backlight, while gentle cascades of water create a curtain of movement. Coins shimmer beneath the surface, like forgotten wishes waiting to rise. The cobbled piazza reflects the lamplight, adding to the romantic stillness of the scene. Rendered in Duane Bryers’ expressive, painterly gouache technique, the image glows with wa
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