Sunday, July 19, 2009

Wanna Be Sargent!




Usually my portrait paintings have a lot of 'patchy' brushwork, which is one of the ways I like to approach oil painting. But this time, I wanted to try to be more like Sargent, using broad, sweeping brushstrokes, and trying to make a statement in the fewest possible marks. In the areas where I got it right, I think it makes for a more powerful impact.

18 comments:

  1. Lovely painting - her white dress really pops out from the background. I actually thought it was a photo when i glanced at the thumbnail on my dashboard so it must be good!

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  2. he's one of my fav artists , can't get enough of his work ,,
    n u've definitely done justice to his legacy
    :)
    compliments friend

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  3. Anonymous3:24 AM

    Very nice brush work!!

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  4. I'm enjoying the smoothness of this one. sweet

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  5. this blows my mind guy!
    You really captured her kindness in her eyes.

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  6. Jesse? Kind!? I thought I made that part up when I painted it ;)

    Thanks Kelly!

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  7. That's a beauty! Nice one bro!

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  8. Uf , it´s almost perfect dude ,She remember me to one Lost´s character. (korean girl)

    hahaa.

    see u dude!

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  9. Beautiful painting. I love the way you painted the hands and the rose. Very simple and elegant.

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  10. This beautiful work Marco . . . love the brushwork on the hands . . . awesome work bro!

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  11. what kind of colors you mixed for the skin tone... yellow ochre, magenta and white? Or that's not the recepie?

    Thanks and keep it up!

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  12. LOVE THIS MARCO, EXCELLENT~T

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  13. this is very good!

    the saturated shadows and bounce light are sargent like.

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