"The use of sight-size imparts certain aesthetic and technical attributes to a painting, notably the broad handling that comes into focus when seen at the viewing distance. Its principle aim is unity of effect... Painters who employ the method work straight onto the canvas with colours keyed to, or which anticipate, those of nature, making changes to their endeavour as part of the creative process. A sight-size painting displays qualities of modelling and brushwork that owe more to the method itself than the stylistic conventions of a particular era. Thus portrait painters born a century apart like Raeburn (1756) and Sargent (1856) can share a consistency of procedure and artistic intent."
Nicholas Beer
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