Simplon Pass

Course Title: Paint Like Sargent: Simplon Pass

Immerse yourself in painting with our “Simplon Pass Reproduction” course. Whereas. You will replicate a stunning landscape created by John Singer Sargent. In addition, this comprehensive oil painting course covers canvas preparation, underpainting, blocking, glazing, and detailing, providing you with all the skills necessary to create a masterpiece. More so, The vibrant colors of Sargent’s palette will challenge your mixing abilities, especially when using a limited palette with a color checker. Also, as you recreate this masterpiece, patience will be essential as you meticulously detail the rocks and apply glazes to the background, bringing the landscape to life with your brushstrokes. Therefore, enrolling in the Simplon Pass Reproduction course will refine your painting techniques and give you a deeper appreciation for landscape art. Whether you’re a seasoned painter or just starting your artistic journey, this course will enhance your skills and elevate your love for landscape painting.

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Recommended Prerequisites:

Creating working Images in Photoshop

How To Paint With A Limited Palette Like A Pro

Get Accurate Colors With The Color Checker!.

Build a Color Checker for under $10.00.

Original Bridge at Argenteuil

Recommended Prerequisites:

Creating working Images in Photoshop

How To Paint With A Limited Palette Like A Pro

Get Accurate Colors With The Color Checker!.

Build a Color Checker for under $10.00.

Material List

Materials List for Oil Painting Reproduction:

The canvas has been coated with gesso, rotated horizontally and vertically, and sanded smoothly between each coat. As a result, I painted this canvas only once to keep a rough working surface and support impressionism techniques.

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Tools:

• Proportional Divider
• Color Checker
• Glass Palette
• Palette Knife
• Ruler
• Red or Black Pastel pencil for gridlines

Canvas For Reproduction:

20″ W X 16″ H prepared canvas

Oil Paints:

All reproductions use a minimal pallet of six colors:

• Cadmium Yellow
• French Ultramarine
• Burnt Umber
• Titanium White
• Vermillion Hue
• Ivory Black

Glazing Mixture:

• Pure Refined Linseed Oil for mixing and thinning
• Windsor Newton Glazing and Blending Medium for glazing and thinning for details

Sketching With Paint:

Gamblin Gamsol is a solvent artists use to clean their brushes and thin down brown paint for the initial sketch on canvas. Remember not to use Gamsol or any other cleaning solvent for anything other than sketching. For example, George Werbacher uses brown paint thinned with Gamsol when needed for the initial oil painting sketch. In addition, George uses linseed oil only when prepping oil paints for use in all his reproductions and originals.

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