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Introduction to Paint Like Monet

In this brief introduction we will paint a likeness of Claude Monet’s “Impression of Sunrise.” This very famous painting gave the name to an entire art movement - Impressionism.

From Wikipedia: “Claude Monet November 14, 1840-December 5, 1926 was a French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air landscape painting.[3][4] The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris.”

Materials and Terms

Colors used: (all Golden Acrylics)

  • Phthalo Blue G/S

  • Quinacridone Magenta

  • Hansa Yellow Medium

  • Titanium White

Brushes:

  • Robert Simmons Signet #9 Flat

  • Robert Simmons Signet #3 Filbert

  • Robert Simmons Signet #3 Bright

Terms:

Scumble - A thin layer of opaque or semi-opaque color applied with a nearly dry brush.

Complementary color - Across the color wheel from one another, i.e. green is across from red, purple is across from yellow, orange is across from green. Mixing two complementary colors together gives you muted, grayed down color.

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