Day Ten: California by George Inness
Hello and welcome to day ten of 100 days of tonalism.
Painted after - California by George Inness , Study by M Francis McCarthy - Size 5x7, Oil on wood panel
Today's study is of 'California' by George Inness.
Our first vertical/portrait image. I enjoy painting portrait orientated landscapes and I try to work a few into each series of painting that I do. 'California' by George Inness is one of my favorite vertical paintings.
Todays video features a bit about Inness' spiritual influences. Metaphysics was a big part of what George Inness was into. Most of his later works portray what has been called the visionary landscape. An idea of the unseen worlds just beneath the surface of opaque reality. This is a space of transcendent luminosity where form is interpenetrated by light and air.
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
A bit about 'California' by George Inness. This went quickly and I'm pleased with the result. Much of this study reveals the Burnt Sienna underpainting. I worked quiet thin here, applying light washes of oil color over my underpainting.
My prefered method of working is to do an underpainting on my burnt sienna ground . Drawing with a brush using burnt sienna and phthalo green oil paint. I like to do a bunch of underpaintings at a go. I let them dry and then I do an initial color pass. I always try to get the whole painting done here, but most often, I will let the first color pass dry and then go in with some glazing and a finish color pass.
About a forty of the 100 day series was done with only 1 color pass and 'California' by George Inness was one of these. I like to let a painting breath and this is one I felt was "done enough."
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Original painting,California by George Inness