Copy of Renoir's Girls at the Piano  

Copy of Renoir's Girls at the Piano       by Paul Noonan

Detail

Oil paint on canvas board

I tried to achieve that translucency that Renoir created with human skin. He, unlike me, knew when to blend and mix his colours and when not to. He would overlap colours and shades to get the desired effect. I found this very hard to do. That's why he was a genius and I'm not !

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