Master study

I found this great image online. you could just sense the paints thickness, he preached to let the paint retain the tracks of the brush. i have a little suspicion that as much as he squinted he would also blurred his vision with eyes wide open in order to eliminate the number of planes and detail, in order to see color mass and color variations. This is why i think he was among the greatest to capture flesh tones because he then was more able to see color by itself instead of color as the…

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As we grow and develop in life one of the many ways we learn is through the emulation of others. Whether we copy someone else’s way of walking, talking, their mannerisms, or habits and more, this is in part how we learn to become who we are. When an art student reaches a certain point in th

Détail de « Léon Delafosse », par John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8). (Detail of “Léon Delafosse”, by John Singer Sargent (ca. 1895/8).)

No other artist could capture the beauty of a sitter with such seeming effortlessness as Sargent. At the height of his career, he was a...

While the focus was still on shapes, working with full range Color wheel I got a little overboard with them. Original artwork has that harmony with Color being close together. Will try a limited palette next time. Working with so many shapes I also made the values bit even, like highlights on hair and clothes will get darker in certain regions. But, finding the shapes of JC Leyendecker very appealing and simplified. It’s The way he pieced all of shapes in cloth and hair especially. Other…

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In the fall 2006 issue of Drawing, we explored how the best lessons in value, light, and form are clearly visible in John Singer Sargent's drawings. We present a excerpt from the article that discusses