French Impressionism
from photos
Learn
how to create the fresh, flickering and expressive look of French
Impressionism!
Experience/LEARN:
The Language of “The Stroke”
How to NOT over blend
How to see and create Value and Color shapes
How the early French Impressionists came up with their
compositions
Gain a new understanding of color and how to use it
Relax, and have loads of FUN!
ITINERARY:
1.
Take a tour of Impressionist paintings, the influences that inspired
them and their radical impact on the history of art.
2.
Scavenger Hunt for expressive brush strokes, and re-creating them
3.
Hors d’oeuvre Paintings (Bite sized studies)
4.
Ooh, La La; Le Masterpiece (Work from your own photo, or do
a study of an Impressionist
painting)
SUPPLIES:
Impressionist colors (oil or acrylic):
Titanium White (Large tube)
Ultramarine blue
Yellow Ochre
Emerald Green
Raw Sienna
Viridian Green
Naples
Yellow
Chrome Green
Chrome or
Cadmium Yellow (medium) *Indian Yellow
Lemon
Yellow
*Ivory Black
Vermilion
*Rose Madder
Alizarin
Crimson
*Indian red (red earth)
Cobalt
Violet
*Vandyke brown
Cobalt
Blue
*Pale Chrome green
Prussian blue
*Indicates Optional colors
Equipment:
Palette
Stiff brushes (rounds, filberts flat/bright, sizes from 2 to
20)
Pallet knife (metal, trowel shaped)
Oils: Container for Turpentine, I recommend: “Silicoil
brush cleaning tank”
Odorless Turpenoid (Webber or Mona Lisa)
Painters’ protective lotion such as “Invisible glove”,
“Liquid glove”
Paper towels (shop towels are best)
Pad of Canvas paper or several canvas boards (size range 5x5-
16x20)
Canvas for your masterpiece, and image reference
Impressionist images you really like