Landscape Oil Canvas

Landscape Oil Canvas

During the late eighteenth century, came one of the finest English 'Romantic' landscape painter & printmaker, and the forerunner of 'Impressionism,' Joseph Mallord William Turner or J.M.W. Turner or simply Joseph Mallord (1775-1851). Also known as 'the painter of light,' Joseph started exhibiting his work, right from his teenage years. Undoubtedly, this master player of the 'British Watercolor' painting as well, was deservedly successful throughout his career. With "The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up," Joseph Mallord scaled immense heights as a professional artist.

Turner was born in London, England, on April 23, 1775. His father was a barber & a wig maker. Mallord faced his mother's death in 1804, when he was very young. Always artistically competent, at 13 years of age, the artist started selling his drawings at his father's shop window. He did not receive much schooling, but his father taught him reading, which too could not extend for long. Turner took the study of arts in 1789, at the much-esteemed Royal Academy of Art, London, England. After exhibiting at the academy for 40 years, Joseph Mallord delivered his most famous painting "The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up," an oil on canvass work, executed during 1838-39.

"The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up" displays one of the last second-rate ships of the line that played a unique role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. HMS Temeraire, popularly known as 'Saucy Temeraire' or "Fighting Temeraire" amongst its crew, was a 98-gun ship. It retired in 1838. The painting shows the ship's last moments of existence post-retirement. In the picture, it is being towed in the river Thames, from Sheerness towards its final berth Rotherhithe, in 1838, to be broken up for scrap. Mallord's "The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up's" configuration is quite bizarre such that the most important object, the old warship, is well placed to the left of the painting. Temeraire's grace is further augmented when compared to the contemporary steam propelled dirty black colored tug.

On Joseph's canvass, Temeraire emerges in a rich magnificence, with almost abnormal colors against the blue sky and rising haze that throws it into divine liberation. He has used the triangle of blue to depict a second triangle of independent ships, which liberally decrements in size as they become even more aloof. To Temeraire's opposite side in the painting, and within the same length of the frame as the vessel's main mast, a striking sunset is shown. The rays of the descending sun extend beyond the clouds, and over the water surface. The river very beautifully indicates the cloud's blood red color, while the shade of the smoke emerging from the towboat is well exposed. The setting sun 'Symbolizes' the end of an era in the British Naval history. Turner's 'Landscape Painting' masterpiece, sized 48.03" x 35.83", continues to hang in the National Gallery, London. He gifted it to the nation in 1851. It was voted as the Gallery's most supreme painting of all times.

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What are some tips and tricks for a first time oil-painter?

well ive done a bit of watercolor and im doing an acylic painting for a project in my art class right now
a few mothes ago i got oil paint for a gift, and i want to paint something and try them out!

so, any tips on where to start? i have the paint, and i bought some cheap strecthed canvas to practise on

what are some techniques? and also, what would be a good thing to pracfice painting? like a landscape? portrait?

thanks for the help

I absolutely love oil paints and they are my medium of choice. Mainly because I love texture on my paintings which you cannot achieve with any other medium.
To get started you need
1.Oil paints which you have,
2.Mineral sprites (paint thinner) which I buy at home depot a whole gallon of low odor mineral spirits for 10 bucks. If you buy at the hobby store it will be ultra expensive.
3.A container appropriate for mineral spirits. I use the one on the link; however you can use an old coffee can or ceramic bowl.
4.Brushes appropriate for oil. Do not use your acrylic or watercolor brushes because oil brushes really get abused. Make sure you get at least a filbert brush. Flats are not very useful when painting with oil.
5.An old rag to clean your brushes.
6.Canvas prepared for oil.

With just that you can get started. The other link is a tutorial to help you get started, and you should also check in you tube as many post tutorials there too. Good luck!