Well, since I messed up with the paint making the last time, I thought I would try this again with a proper paint mixture. So here is Tamara Karsavina, 1914. But I really don't think the paint behaved much differently.
Paper: Arches, 140 lb, cold press, 15 x 22"
Paint: Home made PB82 Maya Blue Dark, this time with no ox gall.
Tonight I present another one of those monochrome John Singer Sargent charcoal drawings of Tamara Karsavina, 1914. She was a Russian prima ballerina who later moved to the UK.
Paper: Arches, 140 lb, cold press, 15 x 22"
Paint: Home made PB82 Maya Blue Dark
Yep, I made the paint myself. Mulled it and everything. But I think I put in too much Ox Gall, so I'll make another batch.
The Baroness has a sister you know. Who was also painted by Philip de Laszlo, back in 1910. Marga Marie Hilda Schroder was her name.
Paper: Arches, 140 lb, hot press, 15 x 22"
Paint: Lucas PB28 Cobalt Blue, Blick PB15:4 Phthalo Blue
Back to the Duchess II. Here is a monochrome copy of the third de Laszlo painting from 1908 when she was about 11 years old. I noticed that I messed up and the Arches watermark is upside down in the upper left, instead of on the bottom right. I don't know how I missed that.
Paper: Arches, 140 lb, hot press, 15 x 22"
Paint: Lucas PB28 Cobalt Blue, Blick PB15:4 Phthalo Blue
Back to the Baroness. I mentioned that Philip de Laszlo painted her three times, so I'm going to do all three. Here is one of her a few years later when she was 26 years old.
Paper: Arches, 140 lb, cold press, 15 x 22"
Paint: Lucas PB28 Cobalt Blue, Blick PB15:4 Phthalo Blue
This morning I present a monochrome copy of a Phillip de Laszlo painting of Baroness Heinrich Schroder (1897-1986), 1915. Over the years, de Laszlo painted her three times.
Paper: NY Central, 140 lb, hot press, 11 x 15"
Paint: Dirty Blue, Maya Red, PR287
Today I present a portrait from an old photograph of Queen Emma Kaleleonalani of Hawaii (1836-1885). I'm playing around with paints in an additive way, starting off with a black sheet of paper and any paint adds light to the painting. Previous examples starting off with a white sheet of paper and each stroke of the brush takes away (subtracts) light.
Anyways, just playing around and... testing boundaries. Yeah, that's it. I'm testing boundaries everyone! It's what the internet is all about, right? Of course it is.
Paper: Stonehenge Aqua, 140 lb, cold press, 10 x 15"
Paint: Dirty Blue, Titanium Pearl PW20 + PW6
Tonight I present another one of those colorized John Singer Sargent charcoal drawing of Lady Agnes Freda Forres, 1914. During the 20s she exhibited some sculptural items at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris. In May 1942, she fell under a train at Green Park tube station in central London.
Paper: Arches, 140 lb, cold press, 15 x 22"
Paint: Lukas PB28 Cobalt Turquoise, Lucas PB28 Cobalt Blue
This morning I present from an old photograph (1870), a picture of Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927), a Pre-Raphaelite model and painter.
Paper: Arches, 140 lb, cold press, 15 x 22"
Paint: Lukas PB28 Cobalt Turquoise, Lucas PB28 Cobalt Blue
