Study of John Singer Sargent’s Self Portrait
In an effort to learn and challenge myself, I did a study of one of the master’s self portraits using his basic, earthy color palette. It amazed me the variety and intensity of the hues I could get using so few colors. Manipulating color is always fun, but the main challenge for me on this painting was to emulate Sargent’s emphasis on value, which is the lightness or darkness of an object.
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