Monet's revolutionary approach to painting allowed a new understanding of light, composition, and form. By exploring how his paintings were conceived, constructed, and executed, aspiring artists can broaden their technical knowledge and vastly expand their creative horizons. The first in a new series of instructional books, Paint Like Monet takes the reader on a guided journey through the artist's methods, tools, materials, and techniques. Step-by-step exercises and detailed explanations of composition and context are complemented by ideas on developing a personal style and tips on how to check and improve a painting in progress. This hands-on encounter with Impressionist theory is rich with insight and inspiration for anyone interested in art-offering a master class with one of history's greatest artists.
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James Heard is a Public Programmes Manager at the National Portrait gallery and a practicing artist. He is an established art critic and well recognised by museum curators for his skill in accurately reconstructing impressionist techniques, particularly those of Monet. He is a regular speaker and lecturer internationally and had made a number of educational videaos, especially in conjunction with the National Gallery series, 'Art in the Making'.
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A fantastic book for gaining insight into Monet's painting methods. As an art historian, I've spent years learning the academic facts about the Impressionists, but never picked up a brush until a few years ago. If you're like me, you don't really expect to paint exactly like Monet, but this book just walks you through a number of the artist's better-known works and guides you to create a painting exploring the key techniques. If you do all the exercises in the book, you will certainly gain an enhanced appreciation of painting with color and light. I wish my art history professors had offered us an afternoon with brush and canvas instead of just slides and books. This book would be invaluable for teachers, and it would also make a great gift for anyone interested in learning more about the process of making art.
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Monet and other stuff.,
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This book offers a nice review of Monet's painting methods, though it suffers along with other art books with chapters explaining what is an easel, what is a paintbrush, etc. I suppose if one had never seen any art materials before it would be just the thing, but for most people this is just unnecessary filler. The demonstrations might be great in real life, but the end result, as portrayed in the book anyway, give the impression (no pun intended) of a poorly painted reproduction. If the finished works were of higher quality it might inspire more people to try their hand at a Monet copy; right now it seems to say "Paint this picture this way and you will end up with a picture apparently done by a five-year old". Despite all this, though, here are interesting insights into tone and color as well as technique, so that it makes nice reading for a rainy afternnoon, but I'm not sure I would buy it again.
B.O.
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A useful resource book for the study or teaching of the techniques of one of the Impressionists,
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A good and useful book for both teacher and student.
The background information was well presented and readable, a change from so many heavy academic tomes, a tick here! Some good analytical and practical exercises. I found that James Heard's own style too strongly evident in the photographic progression of the sample exercises, he is more than a trifle heavy handed and contemporary,to me this is a bit of a problem when demonstrating a style and period that was innately subtle and elegant. I was also disappointed in the colour replication of the original works when compared to gallery sourced reproductions.
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Cadmium Yellow, National Gallery, The Art Archive, Houses of Parliament, Cobalt Blue, Dagli Orti, Gare St Lazare, Ivory Black, Boulevard des Capucines, Camille Pissarro, Emerald Green, Paul Durand-Ruel, Claude Lorraine, River Thames New!
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If one thinks of an artist, the image that first comes to mind is one of a painter working in the countryside, sketching the landscape. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cadmium Yellow, National Gallery, The Art Archive, Houses of Parliament, Cobalt Blue, Dagli Orti, Gare St Lazare, Ivory Black, Boulevard des Capucines, Camille Pissarro, Emerald Green, Paul Durand-Ruel, Claude Lorraine, River Thames New!
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- Water Lilies by Claude Monet on page 127, and page 128
- National Gallery of Art: Washington by John Walker in Back Matter
- Claude Monet, 1840-1926 by Karin Sagner-Duechting in Back Matter
- Italian Painting Before 1400: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications) by David Bomford in Back Matter
- Techniques of the Impressionists by Anthea Callen in Back Matter
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