How I Copied this John Singer Sargent Portrait Painting

[@recreepy]

This painting is nothing short of a visual symphony, harmonizing colors and forms.

[@patrickokra]

Thank you so much!

[@jamlane]

The painting is great. I really appreciate the detailed explanations of how he worked, which is often lacking in other videos about Sargent.

[@patrickokra]

Thanks! You might really enjoy the next video I’m working on now!

[@christophedevos3760]

Wonderfully done, thank you for sharing.

[@patrickokra]

Thank you for watching!

[@itguymc8552]

Just came across your videos. Youre a great teacher and painter. Appreciate your dudiliegence to find articles on sargeant and sharing them. His technique truly is the best. Thanks for sharing.

[@patrickokra]

Thanks and welcome!

[@freddieguillemard4229]

Fabulous, soft and harmonizing colour scheme. Thank you.

[@praneetakki]

Amazing study and insight into his mind, thank you for this.

[@patrickokra]

thank you!

[@mariejacobs9721]

Thank you Patrick. I found you today and Subscribed. I love the idea of copying the masters.

[@patrickokra]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@WillStephensArt]

On of my favorite Sargents! Fantastic rendition bravo

[@patrickokra]

Thank you!

[@JamesTolliver0708]

Magnificent work! Thank you, for sharing.

[@patrickokra]

thank you!

[@sebastilandiagd6928]

Gorgeous result! and the changes done in the flipped painting stage were so significant!

[@patrickokra]

It helps so much!

[@Substraal]

If people try to create a master copy from Sargent, mostly they don't succeed. They paint in a different style, not loose, or too stiff. You on the other hand are painting like Sargent did.... truly amazing. Very well done

[@saki_lao]

Lovely master copy of Sargent's painting ❤. Thank you for sharing and simplifying the whole painting process. I'm glad to have stumbled upon your channel. This video inspired me to pick up my brushes and do portraits again! Cheers 😊

[@patrickokra]

Thank you so much 😀

[@craft-o-matic399]

Beautiful work!

[@Tat2TankT]

Very well done sir 😊 thanks for sharing

[@patrickokra]

thank you!

[@DannySabraArt]

Really nice painting and video Patrick! Cheers!

[@patrickokra]

Thank you!

[@victorpierrey4028]

Can you make a video about how to sight size ? I always struggle with that method

[@patrickokra]

Wii of course 🥖 I was sight sizing this off my phone but it would have been hard to explain here

[@Sweetpeaio]

Can you make a video on how you blocked in the drawing your way of doing it i haven't seen before And I'm curious 🤔

[@michaeleissenberg637]

You should make live tutorials for portrait like Yupari Artist, it’s so helpful and your vision is amazing.

[@patrickokra]

I’ll check out his stuff, thanks!

[@jakefernart]

amazeballs

[@harryainsworth6923]

legitimately an excellant sargent copy, you captured his bold brushwork and colour variation very well. I`m curious how you developed this skill, i can only paint grisailles at this point, whenever i try colour i always get the values and tones wrong compared to my black and whites :/

[@patrickokra]

Over a long time, but there was a period of my life where I went to an academy and drew and painted all day everyday for almost 4 years. One point about color is that it’s tied together to the value. Color is light and vice versa. I don’t think it’s so important to focus on grisaille. If you get the right color you will have the right value. Great exercise is doing loads of small 6x8in mastercopies in color

[@harryainsworth6923]

@@patrickokra doing small 6x8 mastercopies is an interesting idea. Im guessing this basically means a tiny portrait where i need to simplify the tones into big simple planes of colour? Also, how would you recommend to move from monochromatic bust/cast paintings to full colour portraits? thanks so much

[@patrickokra]

It’s definitely easier to start with a limited palette, and add colors over time as you get comfortable/feel the need to push your chroma. And yup, on a way you can consider them as color studies. Just gotta get those reps in, better to do dozens and dozens of small studies at first to really get comfortable with color mixing

[@harryainsworth6923]

@@patrickokra hey patrick, ive been doing colour studies the last 2 weeks, since im on uni break, about 8x8, using sight size, how would u recommend transitioning from these small colour studies, to larger, full size studies?

[@pedropedro8679]

great video and copy!!! how long did it take you?

[@patrickokra]

Thanks! The footage was around 4 hours before I sped it up. I took a few breaks here and there, but this was done in an evening

[@grandpa_eric]

Thank you, Patrick.

[@summerjane3]

Amazing! May I ask which particular brush you are using?

[@patrickokra]

Thank you! I was mostly using Utrecht bristle filberts here!

[@katya5573]

I wish it wasn’t sped up I love watching such videos it’s like ASMR💕

[@francesmorris6293]

I think you may well be a reincarnation of Sargent!!! Just beautiful!!

[@patrickokra]

HA I wish... I'm just me though

[@deaconseptember2002]

Where did you go for training? Do you provide online classes with feedback?

[@patrickokra]

I went to school at a school that is now closed, but most of my teachers now teach at Lyme Academy in Connecticut. And I actually have a patreon with a mentorship tier for one on one training - patrickokra on Patreon! Thanks!

[@debbietulk6385]

Wow

[@milad2825]

What were you using as a reference, were you just painting from an image on you phone?

[@patrickokra]

Yup- basically 🤷‍♂️

[@elizabethkellerman969]

Nice!

[@patrickokra]

Thank you!

[@mcaputto]

How do you mount and frame the paper?

[@patrickokra]

PVA, gatorfoam board, and a heat press

[@majdrup]

What a great video, I really dig the way you explain the process of the mastercopy. I'd love to try a portrait out, do you have any recommendations for a first try on a mastercopy of Sargents? I've never done a portrait and I am new to painting still.

[@patrickokra]

Pick something you want to have in your studio, like if you have any of your own favorites from him! It might be a really good idea to pick one of Sargent’s early portraits that were “unfinished”, those would be a good lesson in simplifying when painting

[@majdrup]

@@patrickokra Great I'll give it a try, thanks!

[@eyeshowyou]

Patrick this is absolutely wonderful. I have seen many Sargent copies, but this one is one of the best I came across

[@patrickokra]

Thank you very much!

[@bethscanlon7791]

Beautiful job! I appreciate the historical information too.

[@huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu22]

Deserves a subscribe❤

[@живописьирисунок.МаксимУстинов]

👍👍👍

[@patrickokra]

🙏🙏🙏

[@aleksandarmarkovic4992]

This looks very much like Sargent to me

[@patrickokra]

thank you!