Sargent copy

                   10x12

A copy of one of my favorite Sargent paintings, A Tent in the Rockies.

This took me three sittings to complete and I regret 1) that, for some reason, probably because my sketchbook was right there, I painted this on hot press paper and 2) I now see that the left hand tent pole isn't as long as it should be ...

But I was delighted as I worked on this to notice that one of the things inside the tent, on the lower left, appears to be a French easel. 

I also found looking at Sargent's trees very interesting: there seems to be a blue underpainting; then greens are added on top, some passages of sienna and of violet; topped off with red where he wanted them darkest.