Gustav Mahler
John Singer Sargent, that great portrait artist, defined a portrait as “A painting with something wrong with the mouth”. After two unmitigated disasters — something was wrong with my rendition of Mahler’s entire facial anatomy — I did this portrait with charcoal (Nitram batons and General pencils) on tinted A4 paper (Strathmore).
About the Artist
James Underwood
Other than sketching on agenda papers during tedious committee meetings, I started drawing and painting only after several years in retirement. Then, almost 70 years old, I first attended an art course. Still so much to learn, thankfully! — “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is…
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