Pissarro

Hello dear readers,

As always, I was watching some videos about impressionism an I stumbled upon Camille Pissarro. According to the video he was the only one that appeared on all of the impressionist exhibitions.

Well respected between his fellow impressionist artist he was also thought to be a fatherly figure for Cezanne.

Something that marked me was the fact that Cezanne had a very particular way of painting; a little on the dark side; what I mean by this is that he used be obscured and sad on his paintings until he met Pissarro, who influenced him to go outside and paint. All of a sudden Cezanne's artworks are more bright and happy.

Another life lesson, we should surround ourselves with positive individuals. That is gonna change our way of looking at life and finally enjoying and becoming more happy.

10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903

Finally another thing that caught my attention is that this gentleman was able to keep and maintain  his values even he moved to Paris. At that time Paris was the sin city but he decided to take trips to the surroundings to paint landscapes; he didn't want to frequent Paris' areas where other impressionist would go and paint the crowds.

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Modern impressionism

Hello dear readers,

At the end of October I was watching some videos about impressionism for a change and it always makes me feel inspired; the way they used to paint, the speed and the colors; I wanted to buy more materials and canvases.

So it was set for the day that I would go shopping, get my canvas and again my goal was to paint it in one session; I spent around 4 hours one night and another hour tonight. 

The result is the next painting that I titled "Rainy evening"; actually I found a painting on the internet made with a knife. Just search for modern impressionism; you will find it.

 

 "Rainy evening"  36X24 Inches, oil on canvas, 2014.

Adding a good quantity of paint is helping me to get the feeling of painting fast, but I'm still not sure that is the best technique. What do you think? What would be the best way to do an impressionist painting?

In case you are wondering I haven't sign in to the art classes; for sure I'll get answers to my questions; but I still think that is better to try it.

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Impressive coincidence.

Hello dear readers,

I decided to use the application Umano to listen the news and in one of the podcast they started talking about Monet; the shapes the colors, the impressionism. I was hooked so the decision to study more about this great artist came up easy.

Later on after work;  when I sit down to watch television a surprise! right there and then a documentary about impressionism, Monet and Degas. I took it as a sign to continue studying this style of painting.

According to what I've been studying about Monet, he desired to be an exhibition artist for a great gallery in Paris, but this gallery was under the control of a few critics and they were always looking for a certain still of painting; clean, classic. 

Monet wanted to paint what he saw and to accomplish that he needed to paint fast to capture the colors the shines and shadows. Him and other artists started painting out doors using this new style of painting; they also decided to create their own exhibition.

I believe this is the best example of never giving up, they suffered in many ways but they enjoyed their life.

Personally I love this painting, according to the documentary, Monet woke up to an unusual sunrise and the painted what he saw, the colors seem easy but I still cannot decide to do a replica. I need some classes.

Sunrise, 1872, Claude Monet

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