Impressionism

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Impressionism

• The Fundamentals of Color

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Impressionism

• Is an art movement and style of painting that
  started in France during the 1860s. Impressionism
  is a light, spontaneous manner of painting
• The movement's name came from Claude Monet's
  early work, Impression A Sunrise, which was
  singled out for criticism in an exhibition. The
  style captures light in a scene.

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ImpressionismClaude Monet

• IMPRESSION, SUNRISE, 1872 gave the name to the
  entire Impressionist movement.
• Although the work of the Impressionist painters
  appears very spontaneous, they carefully and
  scientifically planned their work.

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Impressionism

• The core of the earliest Impressionist group was
  made up of Claude Monet, Renoir, and Sisley.
• Others associated with this period were Pissarro,
  Degas, Manet, and Mary Cassatt.

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ImpressionismBackground Information

• Impressionist painters were considered radical in
  their time because they broke many of
  picture-making rules set by earlier generations.
• They found many of their subjects in life around
  them rather than in history.

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Impressionism

• Here's a list that might help to remember the
  issues important to most Impressionists
• E Everyday life
•  L   Light and Color
•  B   Brushstrokes
•  O Outdoor settings
•  W Weather and atmosphere

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Impressionism

• Everyday Life
• The impressionists tried to paint what they saw
  at a given moment.
• They often painted outdoors, rather than in a
  studio, so they could observe nature more
  directly.

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Impressionism

• Light and Color
• The Impressionists used vibrant, light colors,
  sometimes mixed directly on the canvas. This
  technique and application was much different than
  the darker colors used earlier in traditional art.

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Impressionism

• Brushstrokes
• Fascinated with capturing movement,
  Impressionists applied their paint with quick,
  brushstrokes.

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Impressionism

• Outdoor setting
• The Impressionists valued nature as a subject
  for their paintings. Unlike academic artists,
  they painted real life landscapes as they saw
  them.
• Rather than painting historical, religious,
  or mythological subjects, the Impressionists
  chose to paint everyday scenes from the world
  they knew.

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Impressionism

• Weather Atmosphere
• Impressionists paintings
• Were created mainly from
• Outdoor natural scenes.
• The Time of day,
• Atmosphere,
• And Season can be seen
• in their paintings.

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Claude Monet-Important Works

• One of the leaders of the Movement
• French Impressionist Painter, 1840-1926
• Haystacks, 1891
• The Rouen Cathedral series, 1892-1894
• Water Lilies, 1906
• Impression Sunrise, 1872

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ImpressionismClaude Monet

• Monet felt that nature knows no black or white
  and nature knows no line. These beliefs resulted
  in this artist creating beautifully colorful and
  energetic pieces of work. The leading member of
  the Impressionists, Claude Monet captured
  nature's wonderful light

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ImpressionismClaude Monet

• Monet eliminated browns in his paintings.
• It is likely that his palette was limited to
  white, yellow, red, rose, light blue, dark blue
  and violet.

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Impressionism Vocabulary

• Landscape
• A painting,drawing, or photograph that depicts
  outdoor scenery.
• Fore ground
• The area of the picture plane containing larger
  objects, more details, and brighter colors
• Back ground
• The area of the picture plane containing objects
  that are higher, smaller, and more neutral in
  color
• Middle ground
• The eye-level line, usually on or close to the
  horizon line on a landscape

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Impressionism

• Your Assignment
• Compose a landscape scene using Oil Pastels.
  Include objects in the Foreground, Middle ground,
  and Back ground. Make sure you use Bright colors,
  do not use Black! Use individual strokes of color
  to mix colors in your drawing.
• Ideas for Landscape
• Trees/Bushes/Foliage/Flowers/Rivers/Ponds/Boats/Br
  idges/ Gardens/Sky/Clouds/Roads/
• Keep in mind Time of Day, Atmosphere, Weather.
  Season

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Allow the viewers eyes to blend colors by
Applying the pastels in short strokes of colors.