My APs and painting studies like this will release later this week in my webshop. Get early access to them by joining my Facebook group. Link is in my bio. Folks there will have first dibs on everything. Paint by @turnercolourworks acryl gouache through @jerrysartarama. This version was my original vision for the print. After some back and forth we went with a recent Elton. Since the shows were in Boston, I was thinking of the historical significance of the place and @eltonjohn costumes from the 70s and how they poked fun at history. This study served as a test on how a more refined painting could look. Ultimately, and rightfully we went in a different direction as seen in the final. I employed painting techniques and a palette found in 18th century portrait paintings by John Singleton Copley, Joshua Reynolds and a bit of my favorite, John Singer Sargent. I used acryl gouache where they painted with oils at life size. It made good for a fast study that I could paint in one sitting whil...