Day Seven: Lengthening Shadows
Hello and welcome to day seven of 100 days of tonalism.
Painted after - Lengthening Shadows by Alden Weir, Study by M Francis McCarthy - Size 5x5, Oil on wood panel
Today's study is 'Lengthening Shadows' by Alden Weir.
Ok, I don't know much about Weir. Now that that's off my chest, I'll say I really like this painting by him. It's one of the first ones that came to mind, as I discussed in the video. Alden worked in the late 1800's and early 1900's. He was not purely a tonalist, as he would do Impressionist paintings also when it suited him.
BTW, here's a link to a great article by
"What is Tonalism"
David is a great writer. He does tend to intellectualize a bit but he is an art writer and much of what art writers seem to do is to try to break down things that are. by nature intuitive into a structure that non artists can appreciate.
Todays video... I get points for uploading, I was not quite ready as this study is the second version I painted of this scene. I'd forgotten to photograph it yesterday and that's why we had the George Inness study instead of Alden. pay no attention to the man behind the curtain folks it's all done with smoke and mirrors...
I'm starting to realize how much work these next 93 days will entail. No worries though, I'm determined to post every day. If you want to have some fun, watch and wait to see if I make it...
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
A bit about 'Lengthening Shadows' by Alden Weir. Looks good eh? I'm happy with it. Definately a study in greens. Alden took a fairly boring scene and made an interesting painting from it. I 've gained a lot of insight by making this study.
There's quite a bit of scenery here in New Zealand that looks like this. One day I'm going to make a painting of the side of a hill.
Maybe.
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Original Painting,Lengthening Shadows by Alden Weir