How did the artist James McNeill Whistler make his famous paint ‘sauce’? Join Rachel Scott in the Tate Conservation Studio as she analyses his painting of Miss May Alexander (1874–5) and tries to recreate the technique behind it.
See this painting and more masterpieces by Whistler in the new survey of his work, now open at Tate Britain until 27 September 2026 https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/whistler
0:00 Who was James McNeill Whistler?
0:17 Whistler’s evolving techniques
0:43 Drippy, fluid paint
1:07 The ‘sauce’
1:22 Paint ingredients
1:41 Recreating the ‘sauce’
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