Day Thirty: The Pond by George Inness
Hello and welcome to day 30 of 100 days of tonalism.
Today's study is 'The Pond' by George Inness.
A vertical study today. What makes this study interesting is the way that the space has been divided. George Inness was a Master of composition and that is in strong evidence in this particular painting. What is also interesting is the near equal balance between light and dark areas nicely offset by the middle ground tone.
I found a good site here with some information about George Inness. I will include some of the text from the site in the narration for today's video. I located the site in my research for this blog post. The search term that I used was George Inness painting techniques. How George Inness actually painted is a bit of a mystery. His son, in the biography he wrote, did mention a few items of interest, however his biography is by no means conclusive in spelling out the way that George actually painted.
It would be awesome to be able to go back in time and visit Inness in his studio to see how he put a painting together. One thing that his son did mention was that his father liked to paint over his own paintings and also the paintings of others. He also liked using the sketches of other artists to start his paintings.
The sort of painting that you get when painting on top of an existing work is far different than one that is been started on a clean canvas. It will have different characteristics and different tonal qualities.
Some art historians have written about the reasons why Georgia Inness painted this way, but ultimately you would have to ask George himself to really find out the answer. Another thing that was mentioned in his son's biography was that he was keen on doing glazes on his paintings to get luminescent effects.
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
Landscapepainter.co.nz
A bit about 'The Pond' by George Inness. This was a very fun painting to do and I learned quite a lot in the process of doing this study.
One thing that you can detect in Inness' original is the use of a black glaze that is been worked over the surface into the brushwork and weave of the canvas. This is a technique I really enjoy using in my own work. You need to be careful when using a black glaze to make sure that your painting is not already too dark, because glazing with black will lower the overall tone a lot.
To see more of my work, visit my site here.
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| Painted after - The Pond by George Inness, Study by M Francis McCarthy - Size 5x7, Oil on wood panel |
Today's study is 'The Pond' by George Inness.
A vertical study today. What makes this study interesting is the way that the space has been divided. George Inness was a Master of composition and that is in strong evidence in this particular painting. What is also interesting is the near equal balance between light and dark areas nicely offset by the middle ground tone.
I found a good site here with some information about George Inness. I will include some of the text from the site in the narration for today's video. I located the site in my research for this blog post. The search term that I used was George Inness painting techniques. How George Inness actually painted is a bit of a mystery. His son, in the biography he wrote, did mention a few items of interest, however his biography is by no means conclusive in spelling out the way that George actually painted.
It would be awesome to be able to go back in time and visit Inness in his studio to see how he put a painting together. One thing that his son did mention was that his father liked to paint over his own paintings and also the paintings of others. He also liked using the sketches of other artists to start his paintings.
The sort of painting that you get when painting on top of an existing work is far different than one that is been started on a clean canvas. It will have different characteristics and different tonal qualities.
Some art historians have written about the reasons why Georgia Inness painted this way, but ultimately you would have to ask George himself to really find out the answer. Another thing that was mentioned in his son's biography was that he was keen on doing glazes on his paintings to get luminescent effects.
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
Landscapepainter.co.nz
A bit about 'The Pond' by George Inness. This was a very fun painting to do and I learned quite a lot in the process of doing this study.
One thing that you can detect in Inness' original is the use of a black glaze that is been worked over the surface into the brushwork and weave of the canvas. This is a technique I really enjoy using in my own work. You need to be careful when using a black glaze to make sure that your painting is not already too dark, because glazing with black will lower the overall tone a lot.
To see more of my work, visit my site here.
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| Originakl painting, The Pond by George Inness |