Tonalist Master Study Oil Painting Process

Join me for an master study in oil paints, with Thomas Wilmer Dewing s Portrait of a Lady as my subject of choice. Tonalist paintings have such a mysterious air and a misty atmosphere, and I couldn t resist trying to replicate that. Dewing s painting is everything I would like my art to be mysterious and haunting. I first found out about tonalism from Kelsey Rodriguez, so I gotta give her a shoutout: I think that master studies are a great way to push your style in the direction of your idols, and I really recommend it as an exercise. An extra tip: when youre doing a master copy, try to find a picture of it in the highest resolution possible. This can usually be done by going to the website of the museum that stores the painting. For this study, I was able to download a very heavy picture from the website of Smithsonian American Art Museum. 00:00 Introduction 00:23 About Tonalism 00:51 Tools Materia