Painting alla prima portraits from a Sargent drawing.

Part 1: Striking & Blocking
Learn how to interpret facial structure and expression from a John Singer Sargent drawing while engaging an alla prima portrait in oil.

Part 1 of 9 26:36

4 1/2 hours 4K streaming video.

Part 2: Serving up the half-tones in the abstract.
Looking past the facial features into the building blocks of facial form with a limited palette. 25:22

Part 3: Serving up the half-tones in the abstract continued.

Part 4: Into the ground : the figure/ground relationship.
The figure/ground relationship largely determines the Unity of the painting. 29:40

Part 5: Going for the full stretch.
The full stretch from light to dark / cool to warm defines the 3-dimensionality effect of the portrait. 22:06

Part 6: Going for the full stretch continued. 22:32

Part 7: Going for the full stretch continued. 30:37

Part 8: Going for the full stretch continued 27:28

Part 9: Conclusion 38:17