Today I present a colorized watercolor of a Pre-Raphaelite model Maria Zambaco. I thought the old photograph had a good range of light and dark, but now I'm not sure why I choose this one. Not very John Singer Sargent like at all.
Paper: NY Central, 140 lbs, hot pressed, 15 x 22"
Tonight I present a monotone copy of an old photograph of Princess Marina of Greece, 1920. I had trouble with her left eye where I moved it around a few times. But this paint has an easy lifting characteristic where it was possible to do that. I noticed that this paint, cobalt violet, had a white tinge so I think it has a bit of white mixed in where I can't get a darker mass tone. So I'll try the next one in ultramarine blue where it is a single pigment and I can get full strength.
Paper: NY Central, 140 lbs, hot pressed, 15 x 22"
Tonight I post a colorized copy of a John Singer Sargent charcoal of Gladys Mildred Munn Amory Pulitzer, 1922. I did a reverse image search on it came out to her. But also Audrey Hepburn and some others. I think this is following my original goal better than some previous things I've done.
Paper: NY Central, 140 lbs, hot pressed, 15 x 22"
This is from a random photo I came across. I did a reverse image search and find she is Vanessa Incontrada, a Spanish-Italian actress and model. It's amazing how quick the reverse image search can identify people, less than a second.
I just did a reverse image search of my last photo in the progression and it came back as Audrey Hepburn. So I got some refinements to make.
Paper: NY Central, 140 lbs, hot pressed, 15 x 22"
Hello. Tonight a present a monotone copy of a photo by Gjon Mili, an Albanian photographer, taken in 1948.
Paper: NY Central, 140 lbs, hot pressed, 15 x 22"
