GALLERY: Dutch summer landscapes with an eyewink to Vincent van Gogh

[Briex]

Thanks for the compliments.

Yes, the sky looks pretty but is quiet simply made: a full ocre yellow undergrond and on top I painted just with 1 colour on the ocre yellow: wet in wet. With a lot of brush load and pressure the blue paint mixes with the ocre yellow which gives an ocean warm aqua blue and swirl/movement in the air.

We all can learn from our old masters just by trying to copy an artwork of them to get the right feeling of colours and brush strokes. About 20 years ago I copy painted a Van Gogh painting in oil on canvas, that felt very special (http://www.dagjeweg.nl/img/dagjeweg/...nacht-6457.jpg). So now and then I go to Amsterdam to visit the Van Gogh museum.

[Lima]

Outstanding

Briex, consult van Gogh letters HERE

[Albert]

quite good................

[Evart]

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

[Alexandra]

I love Van Gogh, and you painted this so well Briex. Wonderful!

[iceaxe]

Now that must have been fun!

[Briex]

This might be interesting for you. The size I made this painting in ArtRage is 3810 x 2982 pixels (1270 x 994 mm, 762 dpi). From .ptg I saved it as a .png file and the file size is 32,5 Mb, and ofcourse to put it in this forum I'd to downscale it and saved the copy as a .jpg. Lucky enough my Mac is powerfull enough and has a big screen to handle the big size. This allows me to work on even the smallest detail and which is handy when I want to print this one on a large canvas.

Btw this is my first painting with ArtRage 3 StudioPro.

[Briex]

The wine estate Apostelhoeve in Maastricht. Wheat, gras and grapes in Van Gogh style painted in 5 hours: 100% oil brush... (improved version, original see AR gallery)

[hanzz]

Wooow ! I really think you found your niche !
This is very good ArtRage Art !!

[coops]

Great paintings again Briex. Its always exciting to see what you post and you dont disappoint