Amazing painting! I need to learn how to leave my 'messy' looking strokes and quit over-laboring everything. One thing I noticed is that the dress looks much more violet to me than the muted teal color he is using.
I don’t know the time it is almost 10 PM on March 13th 2024. I don’t know what talent is. I often wonder about that word. This video did show how diligently incessantly he worked on developing his skills. I think dedication consistent practice. Focus play a lot and accompanying what we call “talent. “ And yes, they’re probably is talent. And yes, I wish I had been able to hear him play the piano. I did not know he played, and now I do.
I started on portraits with oil pencils w/Lee Hammond, but wanted to advance into oils. I picked up a copy of Mr. Sandon's book "Portraits from Life" and slowly, steadily learning, I've been painting them ever since.
For a technical demonstration its a nice demonstration but its certainly not how Sargent would have painted. Now I’m not saying there aren’t things to learn here nor am i saying that there aren’t certain aspects of how he is painting that Sargent wouldn’t be doing either but overall Sargent did not work like this and the proof of this is in Sargents brush strokes…. Cheers
He then with a bit of charcoal placed the head with no more than a few careful lines over which he passed a rag, so that is was a perfectly clean grayish colored canvas (which he preferred), faintly showing where the lines had been. Then he began to paint. At the start he used sparingly a little turpentine to rub in a general tone over the background and to outline the head (the real outline where the light and shadow meet, not the place where the head meets the background), to indicate the mass of the hair and the tone of the dress. The features were not even suggested. This was a matter of a few moments. For the rest he used his color without a medium of any kind,neither oil, turpentine or any other mixture. (Advice on painting from john singer sargent, booklet)
@@heiferTV yup, all one need do is to look at his paintings to see how he painted. He does nothing to hide is process of how he builds his paintings so long as you know how to read painting that is. If you look at his watercolors you can see how they inform how he attacks an oil painting for instance. That is to say how he paints his watercolors is very much the same way how he starts his oil paintings. He is very fast and loose at the beginning and very much tries to incorporate his initial markings, even marks that many would consider to be a mistake into his final finished piece. And as the building of the piece continues he refines his touches and slows down as it is built up, considering each mark/brushstroke which is added in context to the rest. Always making sure their is a unity between the marks/brushstrokes, the shapes/forms, colors, and the rhythms that are created by each of those respective building blocks with one another. He is one of the best painters of all time without question (obviously among a long list of course that is). Thanks for your reply I enjoyed it.
Ojalá pudieras compartir los demás videos que esté maestro de maestros hizo acerca de como pintar con el espíritu técnico del maestro Sargent,realmente es genial en su método de enseñanza .......
Thank you for this. I'm 29, I've always wanted to paint. I've been doing it only with watercolors. Yesterday, I dare to enroll in a proper art class. My teacher recommended this as he feels I have a potential to do well in portraiture. God is good. Everything happens for a reason. I love learning and may God lead me to His purpose for me on earth.
Sargent was uncommonly humble about his talents. Once, while playing an early version of hacky-sack with Queen Victoria, she complimented him on a recent portrait commission he had completed. He answered, "Shit, that ain't nothin'. I was just screwin' around and junk." He's said to have then shrugged so deeply that the contents of his pockets tumbled down onto the palace driveway by the royal basketball hoop. History is fascinating.
@@electrojones Thank you.. I believe you are correct. Those who don't know history are likely to repeat it.. and likewise those who do know history know just how to repeat it.
Great tutorial, but what's really sad is they used a superimposed sketch of the original painting for a drawing. Way too detailed. Really unprofessional when you're talking about a portrait artist. Now maybe who cares but I do
This is NOT the way Sargent operated. Background much earlier, blending much later...working from photographs always gives you the handicap of a finished work that kills the underlying process
He then with a bit of charcoal placed the head with no more than a few careful lines over which he passed a rag, so that is was a perfectly clean grayish colored canvas (which he preferred), faintly showing where the lines had been. Then he began to paint. At the start he used sparingly a little turpentine to rub in a general tone over the background and to outline the head (the real outline where the light and shadow meet, not the place where the head meets the background), to indicate the mass of the hair and the tone of the dress. The features were not even suggested. This was a matter of a few moments. For the rest he used his color without a medium of any kind,neither oil, turpentine or any other mixture. (Advice on painting from john singer sargent, booklet)
A big thank you not only to the instructor, but to the photographer and editor; you kept us informed visually throughout. Not many would put this much effort into a film.
Everytime I watch this teacher my fear of painting fades away. I really enjoy how he teaches. I don't have the money to go to art school yet but I'll be less fearful when I do. I am a artist but I draw and paint nature but I want to do portraits. Thanks
I am an artist I draw nature but I want to do people this teacher is wonderful. I learned so much from this video. I guess I hesitate to try to paint people is because I was so afraid to do something I feel can never do but with this video makes me less afraid and it has pushed me to try it.
