Sea of Flowers (Wisteria Gardens)
Let's use the techniques of Monet to create a beautiful impression of this flower bed.
Cathedral of Colour (Mt. Wilson)
In this scene nature has taken great swathes of the colour pallete - reds, yellows, greens and blues and thrown them together with joyful exuberance!
Monet: Adolphe Monet reading in the Garden, 1866
This popular painting of a garden by Monet gives us the opportunity to learn how to paint realistic garden textures and warm shadows.
My interpretation | original by Monet
Monet: Jeanne Marguerite Lecadre in the Garden, 1866
The original by Monet
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Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' version 1
I recommend painting 'version 1' first as it only contains three flowers. If you haven't painted flowers before this is a good opportunity to learn how to visualise the basic cone shape of a flower and orient it in space.
