Renoir: Monet Painting in his Garden at Argenteuil, 1873 (2 sessions)
Master Renoir's trademark feathery brustrokes with this iconic impressionist masterwork, part of our "Renoir's Gardens" tryptich.
This is a two session painting, held on consecutive Saturday or Sundays.
About this session
Master Renoir's trademark feathery brustrokes with this iconic impressionist masterwork, part of our "Renoir's Gardens" tryptich.
- Title: Renoir: Monet Painting in his Garden at Argenteuil, 1873
- Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)
- Date Created:
- Style: Nineteenth-Century European Painting Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- Physical Dimensions: 600(w) x 460(h) mm
- Original Title: Claude Monet peignant dans son jardin à Argenteuil
- Type: Painting
- External Links: wikipedia.org
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Location: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Materials
- Provided: Canvas, paint, impasto, extender, gel, pencils, brushes, palette knives, apron, light refreshments
- BYO: Sketch book
Resources
What will we learn in this painting?
- Renoir's "feathery" brush strokes
- Figure painting
- Floral painting
Tone
We will start with a warm grey tone.
Loosely sketching the composition.
Loosely sketching the composition.
Loosely sketching the composition.
Loosely sketching the composition.
Blocking
Blocking in the basic colours.
Then we glaze the canvas.
Texture
The first textures are applied quite loosely.
Detail
Here the painting process changes radically. This process will take an hour or two from the first session and all of the second session.
- We use fine nylon brushes to apply hundreds of small, feathery brushstrokes
- Impasto is used to add a physical texture in parts
As the detail stage begins we make final adjustments to the figure of Monet.
