This session gives us the opportunity to explore Monet's approach to colour vibration, with delicate and simple brush strokes.
Read more: Monet: Still Life with a Honeydew Melon, 1879 (excerpt)
Beautiful pinks and purples characterise this subtle Monet from 1905.
Extended palette:
Magenta and
Crimson (Primary Red).
Cerulean Blue and
Vermilion.
Cerulean Blue and
Lemon Yellow (Cool Yellow).
Magenta and
Pthalo Blue (Primary Blue).
Cadmium Yellow (Primary Yellow) and
Pthalo Blue (Primary Blue)
Pthalo Blue (Primary Blue) and
Vermilion and
Crimson (Primary Red).
My first interpretation, painted using Derivan Artist Acrylics.
Explore the power of complementary colours as we play pink against green in this romantic Monet.
Paint this soft and dreamy Monet which seems to emanate a warm glow!
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.