Original sentence: Chardin painted humble scenes that deal with simple, everyday activities.He is much admired for his still life work and portraiture in pastels, which are now highly valued.He used blocky simple forms perfectly organized in space, and few colors, mostly earth tones.His self-portrait (top right) was produced in the latter medium
Edited sentence: He did not satirize conditions like William Hogarth, but painted humble scenes that deal with simple, everyday activities.He is much admired for his still life work and portraiture in pastels which are now highly valued.He used blocky simple forms perfectly organized in space, few colors, mostly earth tones.His self-portrait (top right), which is most often used as a reference, was produced using pastels