I'm calling this done.... unless I keep seeing just one more thing every time I walk by. Seriously, I can't see anything substantive that's missing and adding more at that point is just a recipe for disaster.
And here are the next few efforts in the Sargent project. While none of them are wonderful, I think this is worthwhile. I am learning more in the "looking" stage than in the actual "painting" stage, that's for sure!
Very clean looking portrait and having the glass with it adds so much. I'm enjoying seeing the Sargent sketches too. Are you focusing on portraits only, or any of his watercolor subjects?
ReplyDeletePortraits so far, because that's where my mind is now. I did an architecture one once and may do some of those later.
ReplyDeleteWhat drew you to that first painting? His expression? I keep wondering what is he thinking about? His first beer? The metaphysical properties of glass? It’s a great painting! I really love the first and last Sargent portraits. Great sense of personality in both. I’ve never seen some of these - do you have a book of his portraits? Then again, I didn’t know Vuillard did watercolors either...
ReplyDeleteExactly! His expression! He looks so sweet and thoughtful. Plus, I wanted to try to paint the bokeh effect the foreground glass had in the photo.
ReplyDeleteI have a book of Sargent watercolors from exhibitions in Boston and NY. It's a scholarly type book with paintings grouped by subject (like the War paintings, Venice, Alpine, Bedouins,etc.). They have a section of portraits but most of the portraits there are very vague. I've been getting portraits from other sections. I didn't know about Vuillard either!
I don't understand that glass. Is there a glass within the glass? He does look beatific, like he is seeing something we can't see and is pleased with it. The portraits have that dashed off look that I so admire in watercolors, but seem incapable myself.
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