Friday, July 27, 2012

Russell Flint in Action

AN ARTIST aka SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT, RA


(Video link) Here's a film from 1956 of British artist Sir William Russell Flint, RA (1880-1969).



The film shows him laying out his watercolor palette, posing his model, and applying his wet washes. Flint typically worked from live models in his studio.


More about Sir William Russell Flint on Wikipedia
Flint bio on Jim Vadeboncoeur's website
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On Monday I'll be giving a talk on composition at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto. July 30, 2012 @ 6:30 pm.

6 comments:

stefan marjoram said...

Amazing clip - it almost looks like there's no pencil drawing - perhaps it's just very faint - or did he use the paint alone?

karlsimon said...

I wish I could afford a live model every time I had an idea for a picture...

John York said...

That was cool!

Rich said...

Interesting how he starts with the hair, using that big fat brush, working from top to bottom, so to say.

Somehow it shouldn't make a difference - but working a figure from the feet upwards would look rather uncommon.

Keith Patton said...

I studied alongside his great-grandson, Alex Russell Flint. He's a protege of Ted Seth Jacobs and a very wonderful painter.

http://alexrussellflint.com

jytte said...

I went to look at the paintings of his great grandson Alex Russel Flint and I was so enchanced to find a young man doing beautiful paintings which makes your hart happy :o)Jytte