2. England’s premiere
Rococo painter
many of his
paintings cried for
restoration
president of the
Royal Academy of
Art in 1768
official court painter
to King George III
3.
4. His brushwork is
smooth and not
heavily applied to the
canvas. His strokes are
long, hard and broad.
He created stark
shadows where
necessary and bold
highlighting to
emphasize the primary
colour
Reynolds used
primarily colour such
as red as the main
force in his work
5.
6. different colour-mixing
techniques and creating
new tones.
Reynolds uses black and
grey with various aspects
of darker brown to
create the deepening
shadow
Two light sources are
created
Reynolds uses broader
and bolder strokes for
the clouds to the top of
the work and lets the
paint thin