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In a world filled with book after book outlining the same tired approaches to Landscape painting, there is an age old 'secret approach’ used by the Masters, and handed down to their apprentices for generations which has now been largely forgotten. M Francis McCarthy has painstakingly deconstructed many of these ancient techniques for a modern audience and is sharing those secrets now in 'The Tonalist Way'.

Have you ever wondered how the great Landscape painters of the Nineteenth century got the incredible luminescent glow that suffuses their paintings? Sadly it's practically guaranteed that, the 'Glow' cannot be achieved using the techniques and teaching of most current art instruction books. There is just no way to do it unless you know how the Masters worked, and they are not talking!

There was no way until now; M Francis McCarthy will take you step by step through every aspect of creating beautiful, luminescent and masterful landscape paintings- from board preparation, appropriate scene selection and different color pallets, through to the deepest Master secrets using techniques such as:

• The two best ground colors to paint on

• Getting that 'Museum' look on your paintings surface

• Using a 'limited palette'

• Sublime brush techniques

• The absolute best medium for modern painters