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Day 18 – The Midpoint between Realistic and Abstract Painting

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Afternoon Sailing, by Mary Gow

“Afternoon Sailing,” watercolor by Mary Gow, inspired by Gustave Courbet’s “Seascape”

Derived from Gustave Courbet’s “Seascape” by Mary Gow[/caption]Some impressionist paintings look borderline abstract to me.

Like Gustave Courbet’s “Seascape,” painted in 1874.

Here’s a watercolor I derived from his painting.