Sargent: Portrait Challenge for April & May - Extended into June!

[NancyMP]

Dave, is that oil or watercolor? You've caught her essence!

[jonwood]

Some very nice work posted here...
I'm having trouble downloading pictures..but will keep trying..

[Dave61123]

Originally Posted by NancyMP

Dave, is that oil or watercolor? You've caught her essence!

Hi Nancy

That painting I did with Twisted Brush a digital software program. I find it excellent as I can paint with it just like when I am with the traditional media. In this painting I was actually using mainly two brushes/techniques. A palette knife and an image brush. The latter probably has no meaning for the unfamiliar but it allows you to pick up multiple colours with one daub of the brush. In the traditional sense the same as mixing paint on the palette as you draw a brush thru different colours and then do the final mixing on the canvas.

Cheers
Dave

[lovin art]

Kim, I am really touched you would say all that to me , and that you want to see more of my work ... that is such a compliment .. how wonderful you got to see him close , Ive stood in front of some of his most famous Paintings and well they are breathtaking to say the least the sheer size and magnitude of this mans work atheistic is mind-numbing , he is to me one of the most Romantic painters of his time ....

Lovely work there , Dave , wow Jose alot of great work , Wjrmonkey sensitive start...

[wjrmonkey]

Hi, Day 2 update, there might be a part III - completion coming later.

[pintor]

Thank you, Nancy and Sandra, for your kind compliments. I will see if I can do other drawings, this time in toned paper, and have more fun copying Sargent.

This is nice, wjrmonkey, can´t wait to see part three!!

Nice work, Dave61123! That girl wearing white muslim looks good.

[jonwood]

Here is my attempt at Lady Agnew done using the Artrage programme..I hope you like it..

[jonwood]

Carolus Duran..done using the Artrage programme..I hope you like it..thanks

[RPut]

Hello!

I'm usually a lurker in the various WC challenges, but these Sargent portraits intrigued me and so I decided to give it a whirl. This my first portrait challenge post and I had a lot of fun doing this!! I would love to hear what you all think and how I can do better! (I think her face should have been a bit longer...and I didn't address the ear area much. Also really tried to keep this loose as I tend to get too detailed.)

I am also impressed by all the amazing work here!


Young Girl
8x10
Acrylic

[Mares Rex]

Nice and loose brushwork, Ruth! I like how she emerges from the background. Maybe soften the edge where the forehead meets the background?

[Journeyman]

Lots of good work already and it’s still May, this is going to be a interesting thread.
Here is my effort at the Italian Woman. It started off with a drawing using Transparent Brown which turned into a tonal study that I hadn’t intended to do.


　
Then I painted into the Trans Brown with colour.


Dave

[lovin art]

Wow , very Nice there Dave ..... I see a big jump from the tonal study you did to the finished version~well done

[EZ-ED]

my first post on portrait. I am usually on oil forum. love your selection of Sargent for april may
this is my crop of sargent's "rosita"
16x20 oil on linen panel

[Dea]

Nancy, these paintings are all beautiful. I hope to have time to have a go at one soon,
Deanna

[Mares Rex]

Originally Posted by EZ-ED

my first post on portrait. I am usually on oil forum. love your selection of Sargent for april may
this is my crop of sargent's "rosita"
16x20 oil on linen panel

Looks interesting, but could you post a bigger photo? It's hard to see any detail in the current one and her back looks really nice! I think the blue background works well too.