Head Study #131

Tonight I post another Gibson Girl, this one from 1916.

Paper, Arches, 140 lbs, cold press, 15 x 22"

Head Study #130

Well, it looks like I'm now extending this to Charles Dana Gibson, an illustrator working about the same time as John Singer Sargent.  This is a duo tone of the picture "The Day Dream", 1909.  I think it works better if I keep it light.

Paper: Arches, 140 lbs, cold pressed, 15 x 22"

 

Head Study #129

Tonight I present another on of those colorized John Singer Sargent charcoal drawing of Mrs Reginald Grenville Eves, 1912.  The color is Cobalt blue (PB28).  I don't think it works with a dark background.

Paper: NY Central, 140 lbs, hot pressed, 15 x 22"

Head Study #128

Tonight I present a monocrome (Cobalt Blue, PB28) copy of a John Singer Sargent charcoal drawing of Ethyl Barrymore, 1903.  I messed up on her chin.  Or I made her mouth too big.  It looks alright for a random person, but it doesn't look like Ethyl at all.  And I'm getting better at taking photographs at different stages.

Paper: Arches, 140 lbs, cold pressed, 15 x 22"

Head Study #127

Tonight I present a colorized (Cobalt Blue, PB28) of a John Singer Sargent charcoal portrait of Katharin Horner, 1907.  This is more in the direction I want to go.

Paper: Arches, 140 lbs, Cold Pressed, 15 x 22"

Head Study #126

Sorry about forgetting to photograph the sequence.  Today I present a monochrome (Cobalt Blue PB28) of a John Singer Sargent charcoal drawing of Mrs George Swinton, 1905.  I thought it was an easy lifting color, but I couldn't erase my set up lines, which are visible on the top side of the head.  Oohps.

Paper: NY Central, 140 lbs, hot pressed, 15 x 22"