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Digital Post-Impressionist Painting
 View from the artist’s window at Eragny by Camille Pissaro, 1886 |
 The Restaurant de la Sirene at Asnieres by Vincent Van Gogh, 1887 |
Impressionist techniques:
1. Short, thick strokes of paint in a sketchy way that allows the painter to capture and emphasize the essence of the subject rather than its details.
2. Brush strokes are visible on the canvas.
3. Colors used with as little pigment mixing as possible, allowing the eye of the viewer to optically mix the colors as he or she looked at the canvas. This provides a vibrant experience for the viewer.
4. Impressionists painted wet paint into the wet paint instead of waiting for previous layers to dry. This produced softer edges and intermingling of color.
5. The impressionists put paint down thickly and did not rely upon layering.
6. Impressionists emphasized aspects of the play of natural light, including how colors reflect from object to object.
7. In outdoor paintings, they boldly painted shadows with the blue of the sky as it reflected onto surfaces, giving a sense of freshness and openness.
8. Impressionists worked "en plein air" (outdoors).Photography and Impressionism
When impressionism began, there was interest among artists in ordinary subject matter. Photography, a new method of capturing images, also became available. Photography was gaining popularity and as cameras became more portable, photographs became more candid. Photography inspired impressionists to capture the moment, not only in the fleeting lights of a landscape, but in the day-to-day lives of people. Photography and popular Japanese art prints (Japonism) helped introduce impressionists to odd "snapshot" angles, and unconventional compositions.
To learn more about Impressionism go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism, the source for the above list on techniques and statement about photography.
Examples of Students Projects
Original Photo by Mike |
Digital Post-Impressionist Painting by Mike |
Original Photo by Krista |
Digital Post-Impressionist Painting by Krista |
Original Photo by Lauren |
Digital Post-Impressionist Painting by Lauren |
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