With the eighth grade college students we made tempera copies of work by Claude Monet, the good Impressionist painter. We imitated his approach made from small brushstrokes positioned aspect by aspect, spreading pure colours straight onto the paper, with out making detailed preparatory drawings and avoiding using black.

First we selected some works by Monet, every scholar selected his favourite and traced the principle strains of the drawing on a bit of paper, to have a reference when copying the weather of the portray. Subsequently we gave a background coloration to the totally different areas of the picture, which we recognized within the simplified drawing (for instance sky, sea, cliff).

After this primary pictorial section we imitated the impressionist approach made from small touches of coloration mixed, to provide the impact of the “visible impression” sought by Impressionist painters. The selection of palette and the blending of colours is essential: in these copies you can’t be glad with the colour because it comes out of the tube, however it’s essential to put together a palette wealthy in colours and shades earlier than beginning to paint. After we completed the landscapes, we lower out and glued them onto a sheet of paper which acts as a body.

Listed below are our Impressionist works!