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Rahll — Morteratsch Glacier
Published: 2011-01-18 19:56:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 34385; Favourites: 1572; Downloads: 1392
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I've been a huge fan of the Hudson River School painters from the 19th century for a while now. The Detroit Institute of Arts near where I live has a number of Frederic Edwin Church paintings and they're simply incredible.That said, I wanted to do a study of an Albert Bierstadt painting, another Hudson River School landscape painter. The painting is of the Morteratsch Glacier, you can see the original here . Be sure to check out his other work too, he's insane.
I did the study from scratch with no color picking or drawing, just shapes and color with a few different brushes. Next time I decide to do one, I might Livestream it
Hope you like it!
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Comments: 246
A little dark. I like the rythm, the colors and the feeling of oils. Goes in to my favorite collection.
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Wow! It seems almost like a dream!!! Really nice work!!
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Wow wow wow this is amazing!
The scale of the landscape is captured so well!
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holy crap, that is the lvl i would like to get! nice work, keep it up!
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Excellent work. I've favorited a couple of your pieces, but I like this one especially. You've given the piece more depth, sort of "drawing in" the person observing it. As well, and likely because it is a study, you've given the mountains a more whimsical feel, which I personally like. They sort of "float" into the clouds. I have to say, well. done.
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I love how massive the mountains are! It makes the sky look huge and unfathomable.
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Oh my... oh my...
That's ultimate digital painting!
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This painting makes it very hard to tell that its digital. I like it
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You are truly the most amazing artist I ever seen. This is beautiful.
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Have you ever heard about the theory between evolutionnist psychology and "Hudson River" paintings?
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I love your work by the way :]
Cheers
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You know, my favorite paintings at the DIA have always been the Bierstadts so I especially adore this. 
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The landscape gallery is always my first stop when I go to the DIA, I absolutely love it
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I was so upset at my last visit, they were remodeling and I couldn't find ONE of his paintings. 
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Great study, Bierstadt is one of my favorites!
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I am really loving your artwork! This is amazing!
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wonderful work in such a lovely style. great scene!
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Superb. I would gladly enter that image to look around ; D
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This is amazing. I cannot believe how much of an amazing, artistic artist you are. I strive to be you, someday.
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Got to say a big thanks to you for posting this study, you introduced me to the world of the Hudson River Painters and it is just mind bending how beautiful and awe-inspiring their paintings are.
I just got a huge book filled with their paintings which I think is really going to help me take my own environment paintings to the next level.
Take care, dude and much bro-love!
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I would love to live in an area like this. Very pretty.
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This is beautiful. Church is one of my favorite artist, his work is breath taking
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This is amazing, I've always wished I could do stuff like this.
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Ow dude, the light comes out just perfectly!
Of course, the composition is fantastic but you really figured out a great light in the cliffs and in the sky. I definitely love the texture of trees too!
Excellent work. How long did it take?
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This one is absolutely amazing, Reidmon! I'm particularly in love with the clouds and the mountains but the trees are also fantastic! I really love this work *_* your approach to the original is pretty great,
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You're right! the work of Albert Bierstadt is absolutelly incredible!
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This is stunning!
And I must thank you for giving me Bierstadt's name - I saw a gorgeous (print of a) painting once years ago but didn't get the artist's name, and now looking through Bierstadt's work I have found it! 
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oh my GOODNESS! like WOAH! this is seriously the best landscape art piece I've seen on DA!
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Oh wow, his work is incredible.
I have similar feelings towards Northern California painters. There's a painting of Yosemite park in the Oakland Museum that leaves me absolutely in awe- it's a huge canvas, easily seven feet across and painstakingly detailed on every square inch. I've started working with a large-scale canvas in one of my classes, and even just slapping on paint to cover up space takes forever. The labor that goes into the numerous tiny brushstrokes is boggling. And Bierstadt's "Last of the Buffalo" is 6 by 10 feet, holy crap! (And to paint outdoor scenes in the 1800's without convenient/cheap photography, contending with changing light conditions and weather...just amazing).
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