Sargent study

[Rikard]

I recently came across the watercolours by John Singer Sargent. He seems to paint mostly directly, rather loose at times but with tremendous control and sense of light. I decided to try to learn how to do better shadows and to dip my toes in the world of dry brush.
Here are my attempts.

 

[Artyczar]

These are so lovely! Well done.

 

[BArtsy]

These are wonderful and Sargent is a great master to study watercolor with!

I took a semester watercolor class at a community college in 2012- and we painted that same cottage, your first one! I'll have to see if I still have it somewhere! Nice memories for me, thanks for sharing!

 

[Rikard]

These are wonderful and Sargent is a great master to study watercolor with!

I took a semester watercolor class at a community college in 2012- and we painted that same cottage, your first one! I'll have to see if I still have it somewhere! Nice memories for me, thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much. I love how he handled the cast shadows from the trees. Some parts more distinct and others more fleeting. Please share your cottage if you can find it

 

[Triduana]

A lovely set of paintings! Love the shadows across the buildings. I like the looseness of the two portraits.

 

[Terri]

Lovely work! I'm a fan of copying the masters, especially when you just want to focus on technique. Very relaxing approach.

You did a great job with these!

 

[R. Ellis-Bowyer]

Nice work , I can see you have a good understanding of lighting. Sargent was a master of this and especially tone. Well done

 

[Joy]

I really like all of these. The shadows on the first one are especially well done. I am so heavy handed and could learn about handling light from these.

 

[Balaji]

Wonderful! Nothing to beat learning from a master.

 

[snoball]

Very nicely done.