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6 6 Painting Figures With Purpose

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BY ART HU R EGELI
After completing a rigorous program of art
education, I was adept at capturing a person’s
likeness but still struggling to express an idea.

14 Sweden’s Sargent
BY BO B BAHR
We went in search of Anders Zorn (1860–1920)
in his homeland and discovered a personality
large enough to encompass numerous contra-
dictions—and a natural ability to paint in both
oil and watercolor.

26 The Similarities Between Painting Portraits

in Oil and Pastel
BY M. ST EP HEN DO HERT Y
One of the top artists specializing in children’s
portraits offers workshops for both oil and
46 14 pastel painters. Although some of Wende Capo-
rale’s specific instructions relate to one medium
or the other, her general discussions about the
importance of drawing, value and temperature
judgments, and dark-to-light progressions are
relevant to both.

38 Portrait Sketches That Guide Artists and

Their Clients
BY M. ST EP HEN DO HERT Y
Brian Neher paints two small oil sketches of his
portraits subjects to help set a direction for the
finished portrait that satisfies him and his clients.

46 Drybrush, Drawing, and Watercolor

BY LYNNE BAHR
56 Although best known for his pastels, Mario
Robinson is exploring watercolor, combining
washes with drybrushed lines to expand his
artistic repertoire and paint important people
from his life.
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Anna (detail, reversed)

by Wende Caporale, 2002,
pastel, 24 x 18. Collection
the Abernethy family.

56 Alla Prima Figure Painting

BY M . STEPHEN DOHERTY
Justin Wiest developed an
approach to oil painting by
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synthesizing what he learned
from some of the most
outstanding realist artists today.

66 Capturing Emotion by
Concentrating on the
Movement of Light
BY A L L I SON M A L A F RONTE
Ron Hicks is known for his
moody figurative and interior
work that evokes emotion and
conveys atmosphere. He achieves
his style by breaking the subject
down into shapes and capturing
the gradations of light in each.

76 Seeing Forms, Not Formulas

BY M . STEPHEN DOHERTY
During a workshop in New York,
Max Ginsburg showed students 76
how to respond to the specific
lighting effects they observed 66
rather than use premixed colors
and repetitive procedures.

88 Averaging Values & Colors

From the Start
BY M . STEPHEN DOHERTY
During a workshop in Arizona,
Utah artist Michael Malm simpli-
fied the painting process so that
students would be better able
to judge relative values, color
temperatures, and edges. The
participants marveled at how the
resulting posterlike image could
become the basis of an accurate,
characteristic portrait of the model.

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