Eakins Copy

Simplified the hair by just showing a light and a dark side, added small areas of higher value, highlights to arm of chair, just tweaking this after critique last Thursday night. I think I'm finished with this.

Complete?

I will be taking this up to class tonight to see if I have "gotten" the assignment : ie. breaking the piece apart into shapes, then painting the shapes. To some this may appear unfinished....unworthy, but it was a valuable exercise and I hope to be able to paint more in this manner going forward.

Masterpiece 1st Pass

I will be working on copying and simplifying this painting by Thomas Eakins over the next few days. I brought it to class last night for an initial critique. First thing Catherine said was, "Why this intense ground color? You have to fight it all the time. Why not start with a NEUTRAL ground?" Other than that, she liked my choice of painting to copy. Going to the studio this morning. Check out  Powers of Observation, and see student paintings from the class.