I was filling my project display board with information about Impressionism. Ah, I notice a huge blank spot on the right side of the display board. What in the world am I supposed to do? Then I remembered that Ms. Joyce had told us to do a painting. So I thought, how about an Impressionistic painting… But there was a catch. I cant use oil paints and I had never done impressionistic paintings without oil paints. So, I decided to do it with crayons and water colors for the first time. Now the question comes, which impressioninstic painting should I do?
I was searching for paintings on Google and that’s when I noticed the “Springtime“, painted by the great Claude Monet in 1872. You can find information about it the hyperlink. In this painting Monet was less interested in capturing a likeness than in studying how unblended dabs of color could suggest the effect of brilliant sunlight filtered through leaves. During the early 1870s, Monet frequently depicted views of his backyard garden that included his wife, Camille, and their son, Jean. However, when exhibited at the Second Impressionist Exhibition in 1876, this painting was titled more generically, “Woman Reading.”
I first used water colors and made an undercoat. After using differet colors, I added the detailed strokes using crayons to give the impressionistic feel. I have added the original picture as well as my version of the original springtime. It was quite tough to think of how to present this painting to you. However, thanks to my mom, she suggested the idea of how I can present this blog. Hope you enjoy the painting.
You can see the images of my project and this painting on my Flickr Page.
So, what do you think ?