Day Twenty Seven: In the Field by George Inness
Hello and welcome to day 27 of 100 days of Tonalism
Green, green, green, what a lovely color it is. Today's study really celebrates green in a big way. Nobody really got the greens across as well as George Inness.
On today's video I discuss a little bit about George Inness' love of metaphysics. Spirituality and metaphysics deeply informed the way that George Inness approached painting. He endeavored to portray a spiritual reality just below the surface of our shared physical reality.
I think he succeeded remarkably in this aim. not all of his paintings are successful but a great many of them are amazing and of those, some are the best paintings ever created
We're making the blog post a little bit short today as I had to invest some time in upgrading my computer to Windows 10. So far so good, but I've been putting it off because I didn't want to disrupt the day-to-day flow of the blog the update can wait no longer..
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
Landscapepainter.co.nz
A little bit about, 'In the Field' by George Inness. This was an enjoyable exercise in mastering greens.
One of the greatest Tonalist painting secrets is using a warm reddish color for the under painting or ground color of the canvas. This actually makes painting green a joyous process. Most greens look pretty good when you paint them on top of a reddish under color.
To see more of my work, visit my site here.
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| Painted after - In the Field by George Inness, Study by M Francis McCarthy - Size 5x7, Oil on wood panel |
Today study is 'In the field' by George Inness
Green, green, green, what a lovely color it is. Today's study really celebrates green in a big way. Nobody really got the greens across as well as George Inness.
On today's video I discuss a little bit about George Inness' love of metaphysics. Spirituality and metaphysics deeply informed the way that George Inness approached painting. He endeavored to portray a spiritual reality just below the surface of our shared physical reality.
I think he succeeded remarkably in this aim. not all of his paintings are successful but a great many of them are amazing and of those, some are the best paintings ever created
We're making the blog post a little bit short today as I had to invest some time in upgrading my computer to Windows 10. So far so good, but I've been putting it off because I didn't want to disrupt the day-to-day flow of the blog the update can wait no longer..
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
Landscapepainter.co.nz
A little bit about, 'In the Field' by George Inness. This was an enjoyable exercise in mastering greens.
One of the greatest Tonalist painting secrets is using a warm reddish color for the under painting or ground color of the canvas. This actually makes painting green a joyous process. Most greens look pretty good when you paint them on top of a reddish under color.
To see more of my work, visit my site here.
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| Original painting, In the Field by George Inness |