Master Study Drawings

My friend, and fellow art student, Emily, and I have started doing some master studies of drawings by John Singer Sargent. I really love the freedom of his strokes on the page. His drawings have a spontaneity to them, yet they are beautifully accurate and well done. By copying his work I've been paying attention to the marks he makes and trying to learn how to implement some of his technique into my own art.

These are reproductions I drew of a few of his portraits. Emily and I have decided to sell some of these drawings to help pay for our art education. If you're interested in purchasing one, take a look at our website: www.masterstudydrawings.com.

copy of John Singer Sargent's "Tamara Karsavina"

copy of John Singer Sargent's "Robert Henry Benson"

copy of John Singer Sargent's "Mrs. Gilbert Legh"

Good News!

A few weeks ago I applied for an art scholarship through Deseret Book. The scholarship is for art students who plan to paint religious art in the future. I was honored to be chosen as one of the recipients of a $3,000 scholarship to use towards my art education! Hooray!

To apply for the scholarship we submitted 5 photos of our work (see below), along with an essay. The first painting is a piece I did eight years ago and is a much different style from the work I'm currently producing, but it was part of a series I painted about the Creation and it gave me the desire to paint spiritual art. The other four show the techniques I've been cultivating the last few years while studying at the Hein Academy. I hope to be able to find a way to combine the expression of my Creation paintings with the more academic skills I'm currently developing.

You can read the announcement on the LDS Living Blog.

Allyn

I finished this portrait about a month ago.