Posted in Art, Painting on August 5th, 2009 by QT Melon
I remember giving up a while back hoping the next upgrade of Corel Painter would fix the problem I had and it didn’t. I finally finished the image (maybe need to do a few touchups for blending).
I’m posting the high resolution one here.
This is the original:
Here is my study, in High Res.
This definitely was about 90 hours or more of work. This was due to the fact Corel Painter has a nasty bug I’ve seen in at least 3 versions. I often had to go back and rework areas because Painter will quit on you. I did save as frequently as possible though when it will crash was never a certainty.
I really learned a lot with this picture. The goal was to learn about the Sargent Brush in Painter as well as how he did his colors. I spot checked with a picker to see how close or far I was, but I never directly color picked from the source. In some cases, due to the reproduction, I think it would have been worse. I’m so worn out and will tweak parts of this later. I know I’m definitely spotting the local color now. He definitely had a good eye and knew how to handle color temperatures.
Sargent is definitely a master. If you’re interested in seeing more of his works visit http://jssgallery.org/Thumbnails/Sargent_Paintings_Index.htm
Anders Zorn is another favorite I may try painting sometime.
I definitely need to give thanks to Jason Manley for his color theory workshop and his help in pushing me in the right direction for this picture. I hope I did it justice!