Impressionism
| Comment | Finished date | 2024-05-04 - |
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Different strokes in May referred us to an exhibition in Paris 1874, 150 years
ago; the first
Impressonist Exhibition. The challenge is in three parts: 1. Recreate an artwork from the artists (with or without modern twist) 2. Create our own impressionistic artwork 3. Recreate an artwork by August-Pierre Renoir (or in the style of) |
Media | Acrylic paint |
| Reference | Different strokes May 2024 | |
| My post | posted in the same thread after the 21st | |
| Instagram post - Berthe Morisot | ||
| Instagram post - Pear | ||
| Instagram post - P-A Renoir | ||
| Instagram post - Cat | ||
| Instagram post - Monet, Impression | ||
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| 1. One of the artists in the first impressionistic exhibition was Berthe Morisot. I decided to recreate her "Femme à sa toilette" from 1875, on a linnen canvas 24x30 cm. I discovered that it is easier to recreate the style if I hold the brush far up the handle. Also Morisot did not believe in covering the entire canvas in paint, so I have left part of the canvas showing. |
Close-up
| 2. Before I re-created the Morisot, I tried out her style on a pear in the Foodpaintchallenge (20x20 canvas) |
| 3. The next assignment was to paint a copy of a
Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting or in his style. I chose a
portrait of Jeanne
Samary because of her eyes. I didn't really get the impressionistic
style right, but painting this portrait gave me a lot of joy. Something
I loved to read about Renoir was that he loved cats, and that his paint
usually has cat hair in it...so does mine. This was painted in acrylic on a linnen canvas, size 24x30 cm |
Close-up of the face
Other close-up
| 2. Then I tried again to do my own impressionistic painting based on a reference from the WDE (15 x 15 cm wood panel) |
| 1. This is the
painting that named Impressionism, Claude Monet's
"Impression, Sunrise". I tried to copy it and found it very hard to
get the pale colours and the misty feel of the original. I painted in acrylic on a linnen canvas, size 24x30 cm |
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