Paul DuSold - The John Singer Sargent Method of Painting

[nicitysplit]

Art students can learn his portrait techniques with Canadian artist John Newton at Lovers Creek Art Academy. Newton will guide you through a step-by-step process based on the academic principles of the 19C. Students will learn portraiture through the study and reproduction of Sargent’s Madame X.The technique of chiaroscuro, Sargent’s skillful use of light, his colour palette, his signature expressive brushstrokes. Own your own Madame X portrait. Contact nicoleemiller@rogers.com

[MrSunintheShade]

this guy is a terrible painter

[facciaditosta]

I appreciate the explanations of laying out the intial stages of the painting in broad ways. Ineeded to hear that and i need more.

[Nintendor]

less talky, more painty

[Cardywhite111]

beautiful colours...I like her colouring and his....the combination of each of them is sweet. I have not understood before that I have sometimes been "brushing" instead of putting my paint on cleanly....I am now inspired to try again...thankyou for this. I like also the blocking technique.

[costernocht]

Lovely subject.

[1414mwh]

She was so still in the beginning I thought she was the painting... Then she blinked. Lol

[lastlivingsoul09]

He talks about brevity but fails to just shut up and paint!

[asdfkie]

if im not wrong sargent began with midtones?

[kvlo1986]

@asdfkie There is a quote where he advocates such a method , but there are others who say he started with the shadows first. I wish I knew more, how he thought.

[hermanzoon]

Did Sargent not say, "Paint the apple"? Meaning that he painted the details last. The eyes are really details. If the face is blocked in well, the person you are painting will be recognized and the eyes can be painted in last. It seems that in this demonstration the eyes are being painted too soon. Perhaps I am mistaken based on the limited nature of the video. I wish we could see the entire demonstration.

[kvlo1986]

@hermanzoon Yes, he said that the details of the face or features are like the spots of an apple, paint the apple first, build the head, this is why this video confuses me. It is a very hard method to be able to build a whole head to later use the subject for the particularities, and he does not seems to be reflecting that method.

[mikeylee2001]

Man this video is great. I only wish I got to see more painting.

[josvanr]

what medium do you use? (I suppose the ligt paint you use was thinned)

[jaku13242]

eso es pintar ´por numeros ..... no creo que sargent pintara tan pussy....