Monet: Woman Reading, 1872

Explore the power of complementary colours as we play pink against green in this romantic Monet.

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Monet: Water Lilies, 1908 No.3

Paint this soft and dreamy Monet which seems to emanate a warm glow!

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Atmospheric Perspective

Atmospheric Perspective is the name given to the natural effect of distance on colours.

Here is an example from Three Sisters: Atmospheric Perspective in the Blue Mountains, a scene in the Blue Mountains, about 90 minutes drive west of Sydney.

Let's take a vertical section of this scene in order to more clearly see what nature does to colour.

Notice how the olive green becomes a blue green in the distance! Same trees, same day, different colour.

Australian native tree colours.

Australian native tree colours are mostly low chroma cool grey greens! We will learn how to mix these colours from our Basic Palette.

Here are some examples Three Sisters: Atmospheric Perspective in the Blue Mountains, a scene in the Blue Mountains, about 90 minutes drive west of Sydney.

Hue: Cool Green Tone: 1 to 9 Chroma: Low From Three Sisters: Atmospheric Perspective in the Blue Mountains.

Monet's Poppy Field paintings (Coquelicots)

Here is a selection of Monet landscapes which feature poppies (Fr. coquelicot).

Poppy field near Argenteuil, 1873 | PAINT THIS | Walk in the Meadows at Argenteuil, 1873

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