Girl with a Pearl Earring - 12" x 14" (Copy) - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists

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January 18, 2019 at 3:27 am #467717
Richard P
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This is a copy of Vermeer’s famous Girl with a Pearl Earring that I did last year. It’s slightly smaller than the original and unlike Vermeer’s which was done with an underpainting and 2 or 3 more layers on top this is done in one layer only over a white untoned board.

It was painted wet in wet alla-prima with no solvents (walnut oil as a medium). No one can approach painting like vermeer, but it was good practice and now sits on my wall.

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Here is a higher resolution image, and the painting in a frame.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde…H2?usp=sharing
January 18, 2019 at 3:44 am #764875
Merriweather
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Very nice… I have never thought to copy a masters painting, but I imagine this one would be particularly nice to do… ( not saying I am going to) but you have done a beautiful painting. well done.

Painting is a complete distraction. I know of nothing which, without exhausting the body, more entirely absorbs the mind. Winston Churchill
January 18, 2019 at 4:12 am #764870
Richard P
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Thank you. It was nice to copy
May 10, 2019 at 10:00 pm #764867
Tony11214
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Beautiful!
August 16, 2019 at 10:30 am #764876
reginareyesart
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This. is. so. good!!! Congratulations. What a beautiful painting.

I’ve read in this article about the history of colour blue that Vermeer used lapis lazuli for the woman’s headdress in this painting. It made the work even more valuable in its time.
August 17, 2019 at 2:13 pm #764873
TomMather
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This is an incredible copy! Do you feel like you learned a lot painting it? I’m surprised you were able to copy the original so closely alla-prima.

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August 17, 2019 at 2:36 pm #764871
Richard P
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Thank you both! Yes, copying it let me develop as an artist
January 7, 2020 at 4:33 pm #764868
Canadanny
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Very nice copy

[FONT=Book Antiqua]Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down. [INDENT][FONT=Book Antiqua]The Artist's Way[/INDENT]
January 9, 2020 at 4:59 pm #764874
Lon Reams
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Just wonderful! Such an excellent copy.

I adore Vermeer. How the man found time to paint so well while living with his mother inlaw, wife and 11(!!!) daughters is beyond me!

You might be interested in my tongue in cheek tribute to this painting… https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1463828
January 10, 2020 at 3:19 am #764872
Richard P
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What a brilliant cat painting Lon, I love it!
February 27, 2020 at 6:53 pm #764869
HalVik
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Incredible to achieve such an excellent copy with alla prima! Very good edge control.
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April 19, 2020 at 12:16 pm #764866
Carol F.
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I saw this woman on the Washington Metro on the way back to the hotel after viewing the Vermeer exhibition way long ago. Immediately sketched her. This is NOT oil — it’s digital.

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