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Sketch Survivor Island

Allen Williams

I’d like to try something a little different this August on Muddy Colors and engage you in my process in a more direct way. Below, you’ll find a full page of sketches pulled straight from one of my sketchbooks. Each individual sketch is numbered so you can reference it. What I would like you to do is take a moment, look through these eight sketches, and choose the number of the one that speaks to…

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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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