Johnny Come Lately

All the brushstrokes are in, and a little spatter too!
Sometimes a girl wants to be extra creative!

I hope you enjoy this painting:

Johnny Come Lately

Painting in Two Parts

After I had painted the Sargent "Man with Red Drapery" I was keen to try the brush stroke technique again; so decided to paint something relatively simple  - so that the strokes and paint were the most important thing.
I chose a starfish on the sand.

the drawing

the first few strokes of paint

The final painting will be shown tomorrow - that's because once I start the starfish, all the strokes are put in as needed - and I'm too engrossed in seeing what's needed  -to photograph stages at this point in my learning.

After John Singer Sargent

In the Painting Friends forum I belong to, we had a "Painting like the Masters" challenge.

The Master chosen was John Singer Sargent.

I chose to paint Man with Red Drapery, the original of which is housed in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Click here to view

This is my version:

In painting this, I learned to suspend my usual method of painting, which is to have colours blend together - and instead to show brushstrokes.

I tried to imagine that I was working from an instruction book and this was the demo piece - only I couldn't read the "how to's" so I had to fathom that out for myself.

I'm very pleased with how this turned out - I wasn't looking for an exact copy, more a feeling of the original and the techniques used.

I'll now be trying to use this brushstroke technique in some of my new paintings . I hope you enjoy this one and all those to follow!