Day Twenty Four: Spirit of Autumn by George Inness
Hello and welcome to day 24 of 100 days of Tonalism.
Today's study is 'Spirit of Autumn' by George Inness.
A nice George Inness study for you folks today! This one was lots of fun and the study looks really good in real life. In my research for today's blog I came upon a scalable version of George's original painting on Artsy. The contrast looks pretty low in the image. I'm sure that Inness' original has or had more panache back when he painted it.
By now you must be aware of how big a fan I am of Inness. I've done nearly a third of the 100 studies from Inness paintings. I can say that I did manage to assimilate more of what made his art unique but it's mostly been absorbed internally and unconsciously. I've always had a tendency towards picking and pecking on my paintings and judging from that high rez scalable image I linked above, so did George Inness.
I've got to do some final processing on the photos of my latest series of paintings tonight, so we are going to give my definitions of Tonalism talk a rest but stay tuned true believers. We will pick up that thread tomorrow or the next day.
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
Landscapepainter.co.nz
A bit about 'Spirit of Autumn' by George Inness. many who've seen this study have commented on how nice it is. I really felt in a flow with this study.
Maybe old man Inness was giving me a hand from the spiritual realm. It's the composition and color handling that make this painting unique and I got a lot out of doing a study after the Master.
To see more of my work, visit my site here.
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| Painted after - Spirit of Autumn by George Inness, Study by M Francis McCarthy - Size 5x5, Oil on wood panel |
Today's study is 'Spirit of Autumn' by George Inness.
A nice George Inness study for you folks today! This one was lots of fun and the study looks really good in real life. In my research for today's blog I came upon a scalable version of George's original painting on Artsy. The contrast looks pretty low in the image. I'm sure that Inness' original has or had more panache back when he painted it.
By now you must be aware of how big a fan I am of Inness. I've done nearly a third of the 100 studies from Inness paintings. I can say that I did manage to assimilate more of what made his art unique but it's mostly been absorbed internally and unconsciously. I've always had a tendency towards picking and pecking on my paintings and judging from that high rez scalable image I linked above, so did George Inness.
I've got to do some final processing on the photos of my latest series of paintings tonight, so we are going to give my definitions of Tonalism talk a rest but stay tuned true believers. We will pick up that thread tomorrow or the next day.
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
Landscapepainter.co.nz
A bit about 'Spirit of Autumn' by George Inness. many who've seen this study have commented on how nice it is. I really felt in a flow with this study.
Maybe old man Inness was giving me a hand from the spiritual realm. It's the composition and color handling that make this painting unique and I got a lot out of doing a study after the Master.
To see more of my work, visit my site here.
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| Original painting. Spirit of Autumn by George Inness |