Two's Company

This is my latest attempt at using broad brush strokes.
Because it was drawn and painted in my art club in one night, I have no stages to show you.
I hope you enjoy the painting anyway.

Two's Company

This painting will be added to my Gallery site at
Pat Elliott Paintings

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.
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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!