Monet: Water Lilies 1906, no.3
Monet's Water Lilies (Fr. Nymphae) ran to over 250 paintings. They are very relaxing to paint, and offer a lot of scope for playing with colour and texture.
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About this session
Detail from my interpretation of Monet: Water Lilies 1906, no.3
Detail from my interpretation of Monet: Water Lilies 1906, no.3
Materials
- Provided: Canvas, paint, pencils, brushes & aprons
- BYO: Sketch book
What will we learn in this painting?
- Chroma
- Chromaticism
- Composition
- Glazing
- Nymphae
- Round Brush
- Water
- Water lilies (nymphae)
We use reproductions as well as my painted versions (one depicted here) as reference material in the class.
Palette of colours for Monet: Water Lilies 1906, no.3
Playing with the palette of colours for Monet: Water Lilies 1906, no.3.
Playing with the palette of colours for Monet: Water Lilies 1906, no.3.
Playing with the palette of colours for Monet: Water Lilies 1906, no.3.
At stage 3: Texture, you can clearly see the varieties of brushstrokes.
You will learn how to produce soft and hard textures with a simple stroke from a round brush
You can expect to get the painting to a standard similar to this in just one session! ... (only at Inglis Academy!)
Student Paintings
Naomi's Monet!
Details from Naomi's Monet. Notice the loose and descriptive brushwork.
To paint in this unfussy way requires:
- Knowledge of the impressionist method of "cognitive painting" which we teach at Inglis Academy.
- Confidence in yourself, to " paint through " our 4 steps to Success.
- Technique - very relaxed, coordinated and sensitive brushwork.
Student's Monet at stage 3, mapping the textures.
Student's Monet: the finished work.
