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Learn Art On Your Own! Instructional Video “Portraits in the Wild” by James Gurney. June 13, 2016. I find portraits the most challenging subjects since you need to capture the likeness of the person whereas a tree is always a tree. To paint a particular person you need to take extra care. Me painting a young woman on a fair with a Samsung Galaxy Note tablet. The postcards I painted during vacation on Elba/Italy. Inspired by the video “. Gouache in the Wild. 8221; ( see the trailer here. Which is especial...
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Recent Charcoal Portraits |
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Art as an Investment →. April 14, 2015. Lizzy , charcoal on paper, 60 x 50cm, 2015. Here are a few recent charcoal portraits. At my old art school in Florence. Initially we spent a lot of time drawing, mostly in charcoal, before moving on to painting. This is a good idea as draughtsmanship is 7/8ths of painting*. I still like drawing my models and feel that drawing is greatly undervalued in the art world. Le dessin comprend les trois quarts et demi de ce qui constitue la peinture. Ingres.
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Louis Ryan - Part 2
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Newer posts →. Stealing from the Old Masters. September 24, 2015. Good artists copy; great artists steal. (Pablo Picasso). The aphorism above is glib (and probably apocryphal), yet it brings to mind a truth which, to a few artists, is both inconvenient and distasteful: nearly all art is derivative. But should artists strive for absolute originality or is it more effective, as suggested, to steal ideas and methods and adapt them? Here is Sargent himself paying homage to Velázquez’s. From Velázquez’s...