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Painting Process Breakdown

Robert Hunt

This month I thought I would share a little painting process. This is a painting of Arctic Explorer Frank Worsley* that I did as preliminary work as part of a project I'm working on. I start by doing a very loose sketch to lay out the composition I do the same to rough in the position of the facial features I start adding some transitional passing values and modulate the colors in the drawing. most…

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Sargent at the Met

Lauren Panepinto

August 7, 2025 - If we were to make up a list of "Muddy Colors's Favorite Artists" I think it would be safe to say John Singer Sargent is in the top 5. He's certainly a frequent article topic and referenced quite a bit on this blog over the years. If you want some background, I did one of my Turning Points articles on him and Robert Hunt did a great one called "So What's So Great About John Singer Sargent" way back in 2021. There was also an exhibit at the Morgan Library in 2019 that was just about Sargent's charcoal portraits later in his career. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jSSJ4TUf0[/embed] Sargent looms so large as an icon in the minds of illustrators — especially portrait and character illustrators — that it's always a bit of a surprise to me when I…

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