These short process docs are little gems; thank you, NGA! I love hearing artists talk about their work in progress, and would love to see more of these.
Oh I love this! I also really like David’s style - there’s almost a Lucien Freud ness to it. I’ve personally always wanted to try to copy Freud but I’ll stick to copying from books because 1) I don’t think there are any actual works of his in South Africa (available to the public anyway) and 2) I have way too much social anxiety to set up a painting station in public 😂 Thank you for the lovely video!
I love the chess analogy. Every artist has an opening gambit, which halfway through the game is lost under layers of paint, while the end game is also out of sight because you can't see the trajectory. But you can still learn from the experience of trying to replicate the game, as you say.
Вначале думал художник будет копировать...но копия получилась в другом стиле..не понятно...если оригинал написан в реализме.зачем делать копию в другом стиле? Что это даёт?
C'mon this guy isnt even a Sunday painter. This is exactly the kind of pretentious hogwash that gives painters a bad name. Sure, he's striving for something, sure he's dogmatic, doesn't make his work any more interesting than a kids fingerpainting. Just let the work speak for itself instead of inbuing it with hyperbole. His painting belongs nowhere near Sargents work.
I'm designing my own portrait reference in ai MIDJOURNEY / DISCORD and "in the style of artist John Singer Sargent so i have TONS of artists references i can use that has NEVER BEEN DONE so copying one would be somewhat original after you've copied his work and understand what he's done.
I find Sargent to be quite a minor artist, certainly not worth the vast notoriety and acclaim we see. I own perhaps 1000 very good art books in my personal library, and tellingly, not a single volume on Sargent! And it shall stay that way! His paintings are merely commercial exercises, and much too maudlin to bear serious scrutiny. And, as a painter, there is nothing about Sargent's style or handling that I would want to emulate. Simply put, I never think of Sargent when I think of the best artists.
I think that if you read his biography by Evan Charteris, your opinion might change. Also, if you paint portraits and/or landscapes, you will quickly realize the genius of Sargent. Your opinion (we, of course, are all entitled to one) is at odds with the ruthless critics in Sargent's day. Also, if you ever see Sargent's watercolors, it becomes apparent that the man was a prodigy. To paint like Sargent, as Rashid points out in this video, "takes a lot of energy", but it also takes a level of talent few have. In my opinion, few artists have the ability to see the colors and highlights in the shadows and represent them the way Sargent could, which is why he didn't need to add too much detail to gain effect. My humble request is that you take a deeper look into this great man and see what you find.
@@ignaciohernandez8901 My opinion is based on seeing every Sargent oil painting I can find, so a biography won't change that. I do agree that his watercolors are quite good and in fact I do like them. Almost no one excels at watercolor at the top levels, but Sargent does.
I’m not sure if you need more books or wasted all your money on books. Anyone who claims to know art without seeing the phenomenal virtuoso that Sargent was clearly didn’t learn anything from a book or observation.
@@prism8289 It seems you failed to grasp my points about Sargent. Of course I see the virtuosity of Sargent, and this is exactly the fault I find in him. If you read above you will see that I already stipulated he is a good watercolorist. It is a very difficult medium and few succeed at it. I would suggest that the reason his watercolors are rather better than his oil paintings may be attributable to the lighter and freer medium. One reason they are good is that they take us away from his usual bent: catering to rather slimy portraits of wealthy patrons and effete society doyennes. But his virtuosity, as seen in the many oil portraits for example, becomes a serious detriment. There are many aspects of painting that distinguish a great artist from a merely adequate one. Easy facility, or “virtuosity” as you call it, is fine only if it can be overcome with higher purposes. Picasso possessed overwhelming virtuosity at an early age, even as a very young teen. By the time he turned 20 he knew that relying on this virtuosity would severely limit his aspirations and probably turn him into a servile hack. Picasso's brilliant mind and creative impulses brought him to create many new directions, styles, and even new art movements. He could not be stopped. He abandoned talents others could only dream of possessing. Whereas Sargent, even though he perhaps realized the need to taper off his facile commercial portraiture, never did. So the bulk of Sargent paintings, while certainly very facile, suffer from a great many artistic inadequacies. One is the inability to move away from a rather maudlin sentimentality into more serious ideas. This is the great risk of the “gift” of easy facility! It is far better for the artist to have no such facility to resist. As I said, Picasso spent most of his life deliberately resisting the facility that came so easily to him. This is why Picasso is a great artist, and Sargent is really a servant to satisfying the questionable tastes of wealthy sitters. I cannot stay long viewing a portrait by Sargent, because it offers little more than a certain slick “adequacy”. Yes, it displays certain paint handling skills, but does it move beyond them to any deeper truths that we experience with the best artists? No. As for my many art books, I study art books to learn something, and to appreciate. But I feel that the only thing to be learned from Sargent's wide array of portraiture is just a conglomeration of bad habits. Bad habits for any artist, that is. As I say, I do like his watercolors as brighter and more light-filled. But his oil portraits mostly bore me to tears and drive me up the wall to witness such misdirected potential talent.
@@KpxUrz5745 I get that you do not like Sargent's portraits, which is not a common observation. Perhaps, and understandably, many people resent the upper class for various reasons, so I can understand why you might be turned off to that. Did you know that he was sent to the front during WWI to do some work there? Have you seen the painting, "Gassed"? Other paintings such as "Carnation, Lily Lily Rose", "El Jaleo" are also departures. When he tapered off of portraits later in his life, he ventured into nature. Have you seen, "On his holidays", "Home Fields", and "Group with parasols" (which sold for $23.5 million at Sotheby's)? Also, his decorative work at the Boston Library is absolutely mind boggling. He was also offered knighthood, but refused it because he valued his American citizenship too much, even though he lived mostly in London. Respect. Now, to be perfectly honest, as an artist in today's world, if you were offered $140k to do a person's portrait, I think most would accept the commission.
Would love to see more videos like this, contemporary painters interacting with the old masters
These short process docs are little gems; thank you, NGA! I love hearing artists talk about their work in progress, and would love to see more of these.
This video made me cry it was so beautiful. To me it was greatly relateable all we have is our best and humility to always improve.
David is a fantastic painter!
Oh I love this! I also really like David’s style - there’s almost a Lucien Freud ness to it. I’ve personally always wanted to try to copy Freud but I’ll stick to copying from books because 1) I don’t think there are any actual works of his in South Africa (available to the public anyway) and 2) I have way too much social anxiety to set up a painting station in public 😂
Thank you for the lovely video!
Wonderful learning experience.
I love the chess analogy. Every artist has an opening gambit, which halfway through the game is lost under layers of paint, while the end game is also out of sight because you can't see the trajectory. But you can still learn from the experience of trying to replicate the game, as you say.
beautiful paintings he made
Great stuff!!! He’s an extremely hard act to follow!!!
I have painted a couple of sergeants. It's a great way to Learn from the masters. You're right, though it's like trying to sell a math problem.
...bamboozled....
Вначале думал художник будет копировать...но копия получилась в другом стиле..не понятно...если оригинал написан в реализме.зачем делать копию в другом стиле? Что это даёт?
This title is the wrong choice. This guys paints NOTHING like Sargent.
I love the studying studies to see how he studied, that's clever.
Brave man
Beautiful ❤
Painting is about concentration
pov: Sargents painting of Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd White (Mrs. Henry White), 1883 is your 3rd great-grandma.
Like Sergeant Greg Sergeant of the All Guardsman Party
Sargent painted at lightening speed…
Nice video but quite difficult to understand & follow what the teacher was saying. ☹️
C'mon this guy isnt even a Sunday painter. This is exactly the kind of pretentious hogwash that gives painters a bad name. Sure, he's striving for something, sure he's dogmatic, doesn't make his work any more interesting than a kids fingerpainting. Just let the work speak for itself instead of inbuing it with hyperbole. His painting belongs nowhere near Sargents work.
😊
Why would you upload such a video? No merit at all in the artist? What agenda is this video serving?
....aka being B.S 'ted !
learn to draw
Why they ain’t find someone else to do this 😭
I'm designing my own portrait reference in ai MIDJOURNEY / DISCORD and "in the style of artist John Singer Sargent so i have TONS of artists references i can use that has NEVER BEEN DONE so copying one would be somewhat original after you've copied his work and understand what he's done.
Did anybody tell you what you are doing wrong ? How off point you are ? Too many artist is playing catch up and not getting real feedback . SAD
This guy needs to take painting lessons at an atalier.
ikr
He sucks at painting!
drawing is completely off, maybe start there
I find Sargent to be quite a minor artist, certainly not worth the vast notoriety and acclaim we see. I own perhaps 1000 very good art books in my personal library, and tellingly, not a single volume on Sargent! And it shall stay that way! His paintings are merely commercial exercises, and much too maudlin to bear serious scrutiny. And, as a painter, there is nothing about Sargent's style or handling that I would want to emulate. Simply put, I never think of Sargent when I think of the best artists.
I think that if you read his biography by Evan Charteris, your opinion might change. Also, if you paint portraits and/or landscapes, you will quickly realize the genius of Sargent. Your opinion (we, of course, are all entitled to one) is at odds with the ruthless critics in Sargent's day. Also, if you ever see Sargent's watercolors, it becomes apparent that the man was a prodigy. To paint like Sargent, as Rashid points out in this video, "takes a lot of energy", but it also takes a level of talent few have. In my opinion, few artists have the ability to see the colors and highlights in the shadows and represent them the way Sargent could, which is why he didn't need to add too much detail to gain effect. My humble request is that you take a deeper look into this great man and see what you find.
@@ignaciohernandez8901 My opinion is based on seeing every Sargent oil painting I can find, so a biography won't change that. I do agree that his watercolors are quite good and in fact I do like them. Almost no one excels at watercolor at the top levels, but Sargent does.
I’m not sure if you need more books or wasted all your money on books. Anyone who claims to know art without seeing the phenomenal virtuoso that Sargent was clearly didn’t learn anything from a book or observation.
@@prism8289 It seems you failed to grasp my points about Sargent. Of course I see the virtuosity of Sargent, and this is exactly the fault I find in him. If you read above you will see that I already stipulated he is a good watercolorist. It is a very difficult medium and few succeed at it. I would suggest that the reason his watercolors are rather better than his oil paintings may be attributable to the lighter and freer medium. One reason they are good is that they take us away from his usual bent: catering to rather slimy portraits of wealthy patrons and effete society doyennes. But his virtuosity, as seen in the many oil portraits for example, becomes a serious detriment. There are many aspects of painting that distinguish a great artist from a merely adequate one. Easy facility, or “virtuosity” as you call it, is fine only if it can be overcome with higher purposes. Picasso possessed overwhelming virtuosity at an early age, even as a very young teen. By the time he turned 20 he knew that relying on this virtuosity would severely limit his aspirations and probably turn him into a servile hack. Picasso's brilliant mind and creative impulses brought him to create many new directions, styles, and even new art movements. He could not be stopped. He abandoned talents others could only dream of possessing.
Whereas Sargent, even though he perhaps realized the need to taper off his facile commercial portraiture, never did. So the bulk of Sargent paintings, while certainly very facile, suffer from a great many artistic inadequacies. One is the inability to move away from a rather maudlin sentimentality into more serious ideas. This is the great risk of the “gift” of easy facility! It is far better for the artist to have no such facility to resist. As I said, Picasso spent most of his life deliberately resisting the facility that came so easily to him. This is why Picasso is a great artist, and Sargent is really a servant to satisfying the questionable tastes of wealthy sitters. I cannot stay long viewing a portrait by Sargent, because it offers little more than a certain slick “adequacy”. Yes, it displays certain paint handling skills, but does it move beyond them to any deeper truths that we experience with the best artists? No.
As for my many art books, I study art books to learn something, and to appreciate. But I feel that the only thing to be learned from Sargent's wide array of portraiture is just a conglomeration of bad habits. Bad habits for any artist, that is. As I say, I do like his watercolors as brighter and more light-filled. But his oil portraits mostly bore me to tears and drive me up the wall to witness such misdirected potential talent.
@@KpxUrz5745 I get that you do not like Sargent's portraits, which is not a common observation. Perhaps, and understandably, many people resent the upper class for various reasons, so I can understand why you might be turned off to that. Did you know that he was sent to the front during WWI to do some work there? Have you seen the painting, "Gassed"? Other paintings such as "Carnation, Lily Lily Rose", "El Jaleo" are also departures. When he tapered off of portraits later in his life, he ventured into nature. Have you seen, "On his holidays", "Home Fields", and "Group with parasols" (which sold for $23.5 million at Sotheby's)? Also, his decorative work at the Boston Library is absolutely mind boggling. He was also offered knighthood, but refused it because he valued his American citizenship too much, even though he lived mostly in London. Respect. Now, to be perfectly honest, as an artist in today's world, if you were offered $140k to do a person's portrait, I think most would accept the commission.
lol
Ummmmmmmmmmm
🤮🤮🤮🤮 I can't believe they let this dude get this close to those beautiful Sargents, and with paint in his hands
Shite. DEI