Impressionist Painting Made Easy

"Each workshop targets an important facet of impressionist painting and provides many top tips for achieving an excellent result." "Throughout this book Colley Whisson's aim is to make successful impressionist painting an attainable goal for more artists so they too can experience the joy of creating stunning paintings filled with light."--BOOK JACKET.

In this innovative approach to Impressionism and its methods, Jonathan Stephenson's instruction enables amateurs the world over to paint like the Impressionists. Vibrantly illustrated in colour throughout, both with well-known works of art and step-by-step examples, the book shows how the masters achieved their diverse effects and how their ideas and styles can be adapted to today's tastes. Sections on the artists provide fascinating insights into individual techniques: learn how Monet produced his oil colour sketches, or how Sisley created his atmospheric landscapes. With an introduction providing the historical background to Impressionism, and a comprehensive section on artists' materials, this is a highly practical book that will appeal both to beginners and more experienced artists, as well as to the many thousands of of people inspired by the brilliance and beauty of Impressionist painting.

Regardless of previous experience, readers are instructed in the ways to create sensitive, impressionistic paintings almost immediately, by using Hagan's placement theory and simple colour system. The book offers eight demonstrations and advice on pulling elements together from references.

Sixty color-ready illustrations of timeless treasures by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters include works by Cassatt, Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, van Gogh, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Sargent, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, and others.

Impressions. Colley demonstrates how brushwork is the key to an interesting painting and shows how brushstrokes gives you the opportunity to solve many painting problems.

Starting from the premise that we all want to make marks to record the world around us, this book aims to give basic guidelines that will help anyone to express themselves through different media but especially watercolours, oils and pastels. Professional artist Mike Chaplin demonstrates that anyone can paint if they are taught the necessary techniques in a simple and structured way. The book features: • Essential skills and techniques presented in an accessible way • Structured tuition, beginning with basic markmaking and how to make the transition from drawing to simple watercolours • Stand-alone sections on watercolours, oils and pastels incorporating guidance in the processes that are fundamental to each medium • Projects to inspire and encourage

Impressionism has captured the imagination of people the world over since its first exhibition in Paris in 1874. People have long sought to understand how and why the Impressionists created their paintings and how their techniques might be replicated. Susie Hodge reveals the answers to these questions by assessing the techniques and styles of the great masters of Impressionism and showing how artists today can use their methods. An informative introduction explains how the Impressionist movement came about, explores its historical context, and defines the style and inspiration of the artists involved. The heart of the book, however, focuses on eight major Impressionist painters -- Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Cassatt, Degas, Cezanne, Seurat and Van Gogh -- revealing how they worked and analyzing their well-known paintings. Each case includes step-by-step demonstrations that show the reader exactly how to re-create Impressionist painting details in appropriate style.

Uses modern technology to explore the techniques used by Impressionist and Postimpressionist artists, discover the quality of light in their paintings, and analyze the conditions present when the paintings were created.