Many landscape artists try for spectacular light effects. Mostly, they fail to make it look convincing. Georges Inness (American, 1825-1894) made it seem easy.
Not all of his paintings depend on special effects like this, but these are some of his best.
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Hi David!. I just discovered your interesting stories and lessons about painting and everything that comes to painting. And I must say, it makes me absorb the articles. I learn a lot from you and your fellow artwriters and it improves my paintings (I hope…). Continue writing and painting (!) and I will look forward to your next article. An artistic greeting from Holland.
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Jiddje,
Thanks.
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George Inness is an interesting and original painter.
For he is one of the greatest landscape painters.
Your right about light effects, it’s hard to do.
I am working on this right now. -
Stunning work, thank you for directing me to it.
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I have been trying to learn his glazing and texture techniques. Please help me find a class or workshop or book about these tonal techniques. I can not find anthing.
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I can be of assistance I believe. His technique is not all that difficult. Not really that much glazing done. And you might want to abandon canvas. Inness almost always painted on plywood. Most of us from that school come to realize that alot of the texturing seen on late 19th century paintings is created by the artist, not the painting surface. Iness did a lot of oil dry brush to build up to the density of color and a final dry glaze for the chroma of color. That is the way I paint. And you should know that many of those paints are not manufactued anymore. In that respest we have been ripped off. We can only emulate these masters colors
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Rena,
I’m sorry, but I don’t know much about Inness’ methods. From the examples I’ve seen in museums, it mostly looks like direct, bravura brush strokes combined with occasional glazing. It does not look like a technically complex approach to painting. But that’s just a guess.
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Thanks for getting back with me. What are bravura brush strokes? Do you know of any artists that have that style?
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I am a master romantic realist studio painter from Pennsylvania and my school of study has always been the Brandywine River School of artists as well as a few Hudson River school masters, namely George Inness and Winslow Homer. Take a look at my works of art and see if I might be of help to any of your question's. I only want to help.
Sincerely
R. mccurdy Pennsylvania Romantic Realist Painter and Illustrator http://www.mccurdyart.net
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