MASTER STUDIES | FORAY INTO PORTRAITURE

 Over the past several weeks I have been aggressively tackling portraiture, beginning with master studies. A master study is an acknowledged copying of a painting done by a master (van Gogh, Rembrandt, and Monet would all be masters, as well as more modern names like Anders Zorn or CW Mundy). The purpose of a master study is to learn from the masters' technique and execution. I used them to learn facial measuring (to get a likeness) and the colors generally involved in a portrait.

With all this in mind I have spent many hours on such master studies, and will share several with you today. These are both copies of paintings by Susan Lyon.

Since completing these, I have moved on to painting from photographs of people and now from live models (and will share those pieces in the near future!).

S. Lyon Master Study 2015

Oil on Canvas

9 x 12 inch

S. Lyon Master Study 2015 II

Oil on Canvas

9 x 12 inch

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"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is the portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."

- Oscar Wilde