A subscriber asks about how to create a painting using tonalism. Artist/art teacher Dianne Mize demonstrates using two basic concepts. www.diannemize.com
Thank you Diane for teaching on this subject. I recently discovered that many of the paintings that I was drawn to are Tonalist in style. I have found very little information about how to create these paintings, however, so far. I am trying, though. It helps to have a knowledgeable guide when we are navigating unknown territory! Thank you for your guidance on this subject. I really enjoy your teaching.
Thanks Dianne...I really enjoyed this...I have just come from a newly opened Clarice Beckett exhibition, here in Mount Gambier South Australia, and you have helped me understand her works really well. I love the dreaminess of her works.
Poetic quality… thanks a million for this pure gold tip that I’m starting to use in my small oil painting landscapes. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge Diane. Big hugs from San Miguel de Allende Mexico 😊😊
Great information! I always enjoy your videos but this is a personal favorite because I didn't know these observations about close value range and everything you share. I will definitely incorporate this in my work. I love the poetic nature of tonalism as you rut it.
I am just starting out on exploring art and feel so fortunate to have found your videos. You are truly a gifted teacher and even if I don’t have a whole lot of time left to develop significantly (beginning in my late 60’s), I’ve learned so much. Your shared technical knowledge also helps in appreciating art done by others- masters to amateurs. Thank you.
Thank you. Since I've been watching you, my painting improved. Seems so obvious to paint on toned canvas but i never tried on wet. Now I have to try this.
Elizabeth, thanks for the complement, but there's still a lot left for me to learn about art. The more you discover, the more there IS to discover. But then, that's one thing that makes it so exciting.
Thank you for this tutorial. I am a high key landscape painter and want to create more paintings in the tonalist style. This video really helped me understand what approach to take.
DIANNE, FOR ME, YOU ARE THE BEST TEACHER ....! I AM SURE, THAT YOU DON'T NEED THAT ANYONE SAY THIS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO ARE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHEARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE. GOD GAVE YOU THE "DON" FOR TEACHING. I AM SURE THAT YOU ENJOY A LOT THE PROCESS OF TEACHING. GOD BLESS YOU! UN SALUDO DESDE PUERTO MORELOS, MÉXICO! U.
Great video. Looking at my paintings, they have this softened muted quality to them. I didn't know I was a Tonalist painter until now, thank you. In my confusion about Tonalism, I had thought that Tonalists painters paint by adding colours to the canvas, and then wiping away areas of colour with a cloth. Working with subtraction of paint instead of addition of paint.
Thank you very much for that excellent summary. To an aspiring painter your demonstration was much more helpful than a simple explanation. I guess that in painting, "seeing is learning!" ;)
Deborah, there are so many "isms" in painting that the best way to learn them is to study art history. With the break out of Impressionism in the mid-1800's, all sorts of explorations took off in various directions. But even long before Impressionism, artist's were uncovering possibilities and directions. A good place to start understanding this is Jill Poyerd's wonderful 3-part history of brushstrokes that begins with Brushstrokes (Part 1) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ipf3_sXts_o.html .
I think I have worked it out by listening very carefully throughout your demonstration to the end of this art session advice. I think I picked it out at the end, when you said something in particular. Thank you for your advice. Regards Gary. PS . but if you don;t mind tell me anyway.
As far as the artists participating in Tonalism, you have Whistler as one of the Fathers of Tonalism as well as George Inness and many of the so-called American Impressionists, etc. Many household names in American art during the 19th century were tonalists. Again this was the dominating art movement of the 19th century and has influence all landscape painters today, even those who consider themselves impressionists or plein air painters.
David, can we put a bit more perspective on this and say that each visual art movement during the 19th and 20th century, bled over to the next, either by discoveries blending into the next movement, or by total rebellion against it.
