Monet: Meadow with Poplars, 1875
Practice Peter Inglis' 'four steps' to good painting (Tone > Blocking > Texture > Detail) as you paint one of Monet's most iconic landscapes.
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About this session
One of my interpretations, painted entirely with Derivan Student Acrylic.
Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.
One of my interpretations, painted entirely with Derivan Student Acrylic.
- Title: Meadow with Poplars, 1875
- Creator: Monet
- Date Created:
- Style: Nineteenth-Century European Painting Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- Physical Dimensions: 650(w) x 540(h) mm
- Original Title:
- Type: Painting
- External Links: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Medium: Oil on canvas
Materials
- Provided: Canvas, paint, impasto, extender, gel, pencils, brushes, palette knives, apron, light refreshments
- BYO: Sketch book
Colour
Extended palette:
Resources
What will we learn in this painting?
- In this painting we get the opportunity to practice the relaxed arm technique which enables the rapid painting of hundreds of vertical strokes. This gives the effect of swaying grass flowing like a river through the fore and mid-ground.
- Perspective
- Clouds
Step 1: Tone
Tonal sketch for Monet: Meadow with Poplars, 1875 (View at YouTube)
Step 2: Blocking
Step 3: Texture Mapping
Step 4: Detail
This is about the level of detail you can expect to achieve in the four hour session on our regular canvas size of 350 x 450 mm.
Students who have been attending a while, and are therefore painting quite fast, will get to this level of detail on our mid-sized canvas of 450 x 600 mm.
Detail of my 450 x 600 interpretation.
In the distance we see tiny haystacks and mountains rendered blue by atmospheric diffraction. The sky gives us the chance to practice blending soft, fluffy clouds.
The original. 54.6 x 65.4 cm
Student paintings
These student paintings demonstrate yet again how much knowledge of style a passionate art lover has locked up - my teaching methods merely unleash what is within!
So the first requirement to paint well is a love of art. Love of colour, texture, edges, softness, poetry, music...
Everybody gets a good result at Inglis Academy! How is that possible? Well, the method is just - that - good!
