Master studies

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…

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

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

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

A stunning new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford shines new light on the Renaissance Master’s language of drawing​

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The Classical Pulse: Master Painting: Bouguereau Heads, Part 2

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...