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#art #painting #oiloncanvas #mastercopy #copy #portrait #sirthomaslawrence #thomaslawrence #elizabethfarren #hottiesfromhistory #themet #metropolitanmuseumofart #copyistprogramAfter 8 3 1/2 hour sessions at the Metropolitan Museum and a few extra hours at home, my copy of Thomas Lawrence's "Portrait of Elizabeth Farren" is finally finished. What an amazing experience - speeding through the Met's labyrinthine galleries with a collapsible easel and a wet painting after each Wednesday session ... I'll miss it! Chatting with tourists, then getting to work and watching this lovely lady emerge a little bit each week on my canvas... I already want to go back! To go from being a reverent consumer of fine old paintings to being, temporarily, something of a producer was a thrill. I think I came to understand Sir Thomas's technique somewhat from this copy. That said, I didn't expect the trees to be the hardest part!Many thanks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for keeping the Copyist Program going since 1872! We had a great group of copyists this time... Some old friends and many new ones. The post-painting dinner each week ("People of the Palette"!) was a special treat. The Met will be showing all of our copies at a reception this Friday (April 19th) from 5 to 6 pm downstairs in the Ursis Center. Come by and see our work if you are nearby! #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #mastercopy #copy #portrait #sirthomaslawrence #thomaslawrence #elizabethfarren #hottiesfromhistory #themet #metropolitanmuseumofart #copyistprogram #palettescumSession 6 of 8. Each session 3.5 hours.Today I tweaked the face a bit, did more in the satin thanks to my new favorite color, 'Palette scum', and built up the sky. The technical heros of the day were 1. fan brushes, huge and medium sized, 2. the aforementioned palette scum - an amazing color that can be whatever it damn well wants to be and is perfect for Lawrence's satin, and a wax medium which gives both a translucency and a stiff upper lip to this very British painting (Wax was actually used by some British painters of this period and it's not unreasonable to think that Lawrence's bravura brushwork might have been helped along by its use). A beautiful 'skin' has stared to form on the painting as I enter the home stretch. #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #mastercopy #copy #sirthomaslawrence #metropolitanmuseumofart #themet #elizabethfarren #copyistprogram #themet #copyist #inthesweetspotSession 5 of 8. Each session about 3.5 hours.I thought today might be a bad day at the museum - too 'in my head', making rushed choices, easily annoyed. It happens in a long haul project like this and I'm due; the last 4 sessions have been pure joy matching wits with Mr. Lawrence so today might have been the day when the party ended. Not so! After quickly getting into a flow, I feel I did some of my best painting yet today. With enough paint built up on my canvas from previous sessions, today's work had something to grab onto and modify. Hard to explain, but today's painting was 'juicy' with lots of oil and just felt good. #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #portrait #grandcentralatelier #oilsketch #maybeshouldaleftitalone5 x 7 inch oil sketch. 3 hours. Photo 1 is 'adjusted', photo 2 is the original, pre adjustment. Just couldn't help myself. I tweaked this one the day after - out of the presence of the model. I 'corrected' some things, true, but lost a certain vitality that comes from direct observation. Always happens and I should know better! #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #mastercopy #copy #sirthomaslawrence #elizabethfarren #copyistprogram #themet #metropolitanmuseumofartSession 4 of - 8 each one about 3 1/2 hours. I will never say that I'm ahead of schedule. That will surely jinx the project. I have made good progress and every moment has been joyous. No music, no headphones. Just in the zone start to finish. Today I addressed the satin gown. Big secret: the shadows and reflections in the satin are painted with a beautiful color I call 'palette scum' plus a little white. This is the mud of other colors all mixed together and bumped one way or another as needed. So far so good. #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #mastercopy #copy #sirthomaslawrence #metropolitanmuseumofart #themet #elizabethfarren #copyistprogramSession 3 of 8 (3 hours each) copying Lawrence's masterpiece at the Met. Miss Farren's poofy, cloudlike hair was surprisingly difficult to paint! Overall, a good day. Painting like Lawrence - wet in wet... mixing colors as needed without pre-mixed tints.. Next week's session can't come fast enough! #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #mastercopy #portrait #copyistprogram #copy #sirthomaslawrence #metropolitanmuseumofart #themet #elisabethfarrenSession 2 of 8. I am fascinated by Thomas Lawrence. He was only 20 when he painted this incredible portrait of the Irish actress Elizabeth Farren who would later become the Countess of Derby. He had only shortly before switched from pastels to oils! A true prodigy, he was self taught and supporting his family with pastel portraits from the age of 10. Despite his success and endless commissions, he wasn't good with money and frequently in debt (Dying penniless, he was in good company with other geniuses like Rembrandt and Vermeer, incredibly). Lawrence came by his mastery of oils naturally without a fancy technique or unusual materials. In fact, he used a more traditional palette than the experimental Joshua Reynolds, the former preeminent Regency portraitist. It might be interesting to you painters that he moved away from the time-honored tradition of pre-mixing his tints. He advocated mixing his colors directly as needed with his brush. Perhaps that accounts for his strokes being so thoughtful and 'correct'. Also, he left many unfinished portraits behind which reveal his simple recipe for making a picture: On a buff colored canvas he would put down a very simple drawing, first in charcoal then chasing the lines with oil paint. There was no fully rendered grisaille or underpainting. He would then paint in full color, starting with the face. Next he would work outward feeling the color scheme and composition as he went. These unfinished canvases are impressive in their concision and confidence. Although my painting is a copy, I am trying to honor Sir Thomas by using a similar technique and palette. #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #portrait #metropolitanmuseumofart #mastercopy #sirthomaslawrence #lawrence #thomaslawrence #copyistprogramSession one. Three hours. I tried to stay loose like Lawrence did with his portraits. He would render the face carefully and in a high key but stay fairly brushy elsewhere. He also didn't use an elaborate underpainting preferring to jump right in with color. I am also using his same fairly limited palette of colors. Looking forward to more progress next week! #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #mastercopy #copy #sirthomaslawrence #metropolitanmuseumofart #copyprogramWatch this space! I will be copying again at the Metropolitan Museum of Art... This time it's Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Elizabeth Farren - a real show stopper! I hope. To do it justice. This is my clean oil primed canvas with a pencil drawing as guide. I start at the museum in three days and will have eight sessions of approximately three hours each to complete the copy. Lawrence's original towers at 94 inches tall and I am limited to 30 inches maximum. Smaller but important to capture all of this beautiful composition! #art #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #portrait #grandcentralatelier #oilsketchThree hour portrait sketch in oils. 8 x 10 inches. From Grand Central Atelier monthly open portrait sketch. #art #painting #oilpainting #oilsketch #oiloncanvas #portrait8 x 10 inches. Oil on canvas laid to board. 3 hours.This is my portrait sketch from Grand Central Atelier's monthly open session. She was a good model and satisfying to paint! #art #drawing #sketch #redchalk #thefrickcollection #frickcollectionA few sketches from the Frick Collection's free sketch night last Friday. A rare thing to be able to sketch from this amazing collection!
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