Sketchbook session: drawing Lady Agnew

In today's video I take you through a master study exercise - drawing Lady Agnew of Lochnow by John Singer Sargent.

The drawing took 1.5 hr - but I’ve sped up a little to make watching easier.

Artwork: Lady Agnew of Lochnow by John Singer Sargent. The original is hanging in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh

Links
Sketchbook exercises including warm ups:    • 4 exercises to get the most out of your po...  
The app I use to overlay the pictures: overlay cut out photo editor https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/overlay...

alternative app + process for Android: Try using Pixlr Photo editor. Process: go to photos and load up your reference photo. Then navigate to tools ➡️ double exposure ➡️ add original. Select the photo of your artwork for overlaying. Process from there is the same as described in my video

Equipment:
blackwing matte pencil and sharpener (but any pencil is fine)
eraser - I love a tombow mono zero and a kneaded eraser
smudging - paper stump, beauty blender (~$2 from any pharmacy/makeup store)
sketchbook - moleskine art book

Key moments:
initial sketch: 00:00
check likeness: 03:51
refine outlines: 04:32
Smudging!: 06:33
refining: 07:04
clothes 14:05
flip it! 19:32
finished drawing: 22:46

Music:
Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/