An artist's study of MASTER SELF-PORTRAITS

This little book is the result of an attempt by a painter of modest talent to study master artists by copying their self-portraits. Painting the portraits and producing the book was enjoyable and, I believe, illuminatin. I would recommend the exercise to other painters, particularly young artists, as a way to learn about the great artists, their styles and techniques of painting, and of their works more generally. The exercise may be humbling and of value in revealing differences between an...