Monet: Vetheuil, 1879 No.2
This wonderful landscape by Monet conveys the shimmering and energetic feeling of the summer sun on water, buildings and land.
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- About this painting
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- What will we learn in this session?:
- Resources
- Materials provided and required
About this session
About Vetheuil:
- Vetheuil (pron: Ve-tey-ee)
- At the time Monet painted Vetheuil it had only 600 inhabitants
- It is about 10km from the nearest railway station.
- Painted from Monet's boat
- Sitting on a busy trade route between Rouen and Paris, Monet has chosen not to portray any river traffic
- Features 13c gothic church, Notre Dame
Monet created about 30 paintings of Vetheuil according to his usual method, en plein air and showing the effect of light on the subject at different times of the day.
This wonderful landscape conveys the shimmering and energetic feeling of the summer sun on water, buildings and land.
- Title: Monet: Vetheuil 1879 No.2
- Creator: Claude Monet
- Date Created: 1879
- Style: Nineteenth-Century European Painting Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- Physical Dimensions: 810(w) x 600(h) mm
- Original Title: Vetheuil
- Catalogue No: W.1733
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, 1937
Materials
- Provided: Canvas, paint, impasto, extender, gel, pencils, brushes, palette knives, apron, light refreshments
- BYO: Sketch book
Colour
Basic Palette: Cool Red (Crimson) | Yellow Ochre (Yellow Oxide) | Yellow (Cadmium Yellow) | Cool Blue (Pthalo Blue)
Extended palette:
Resources
What will we learn in this painting?
- Monet's brush strokes
- Monet's use of the flat brush
- Monet's process
- Colour mixing with the Chevreul Colour System
- Reflections
Tone
Start with a warm toned canvas, to set off the predominantly cool palette of the painting.
Divide the canvas into thirds and make a tonal sketch of the architectural features.
Refine the detail of the cathedral.
Blocking
We mix the most prominent colours and block them in with loose, gestural strokes.
Then we glaze the painting and have a nice cup of tea as the glaze dries (about 20 min).
Texture
Using Monet's vocabulary of texture we will create a chromatic story of light which captures the essence of the scene.
Buildings.
Sky and clouds.
Constructing clouds with warm highlights and cool shadows.
Trees.
Land and water.
Developing the textures.
Developing the textures.
Developing the textures.
Detail
My final version, which serves as a model in the class for students closely examine the brushtrokes.
