Study of On the Lookout

I’ve been planning to do some studies in the future of various kinds, and the old classic of using reference was the first one. The original for my study is On the lookout by Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer (1839 – 1902). You can see a version of the painting here [link]

I can’t seem to make those delicately partly turned faces right, they just turns out as plain profile or slightly wonky profiles. That chair is also much too small, but by the time I realised how badly there was just too much that would have had to be undone.

Colour might suit it better, but I’ve rather run out of patience with this one. How poor Frederick found it is beyond me, personally I suspect it of being commissioned work myself

Well, the next time I decide to make a study of old work, I think I’ll try for something a little less detailed