1848
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Strawberry Roans is a 1848 ink by Constantin Guys, a Romanticism work, depicting Carriage, held at National Gallery of Art.
Guys shows a woman sitting in a garden. She wears a light dress and holds a strawberry basket. Pink and green tones glow in the watercolor. This sketch, just 6 by 4 inches, feels alive. The artist used quick ink lines under soft washes. Light hits her face and the basket, making them stand out. Look up the watercolor, glazing technique next.
Constantin Guys (born Ernest-Adolphe Guys de Saint-Hélène, December 3, 1802 – December 13, 1892) was a French Crimean War correspondent, water color painter and illustrator for British and French newspapers.
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