Tent in the Rockies Silk ScarfJohn Singer Sargent (American, 1856 1925), A Tent in the Rockies, about 1916 Sargent began many of his watercolors with careful pencil drawings that laid out the overall composition of each picture. If you look closely you can see traces of pencil in the folds of the tents opening. Light and shade effects, however, were rarely indicated through pencil under drawings. Sargent would leave that to the skill of his brush in mixing colors, giving his