Sargent day 10

Haven't really thought about how long to keep this up...I guess I'll just keep going, haha!

Sargent day 9

Didn't have a whole lot of time today, so smaller thumbnail, about 30 minutes.

Sargent day 8

It's the initial to mid stages that seem the most difficult to me...getting a the right shapes at the right saturation, knowing when to blend colors, when not to.

Sargent day 7

meh...

Sargent day 6

Another really difficult one.  Architecture is always a challenge (proportions!), and then once again it's really hard to see exactly what he saw in the foreground...obviously gondolas and such.  Still, detail was not my main goal here.

Sargent day 5

Complicated composition!  Didn't quite get the drawing right, and because I'm working small, didn't quite get the people on the gondola.  I'm thinking he used some kind of red and viridian in this painting instead of just burnt sienna, yellow, and ultramarine.

Sargent per day

I'm attempting to be more disciplined about doing some actual (as opposed to digital) painting every day for an hour before i start work, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to really look at and copy some of the watercolors of John Singer Sargent.  I find it slightly terrifying to try and copy this genius, but so far I feel like I can distantly glimpse some of the decisions he made.

These are only little thumbnails, so I'm not trying to be too slavish: