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Impressionism
By Paul Carney Arts
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Teacher support notes
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You will need to provide picture reference of Impressionist
paintings for this lesson. I have created resources myself by
laminating pages from a book of Impressionism I bought.
They picture quality is much better and in the book I bought
there were lots of close up photos of details which are perfect
for this exercise.
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Learning Aims
By completing this exercise you will learn:
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Some facts about the Impressionist painters
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Some of the ways Impressionists used and applied colour
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How to mix colours better.
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Impressionism
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Impressionism is the name given to a group of artists who painted in
France in the late 19th Century.
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They reacted to the invention of the camera and moved away from
painting people or religious scenes realistically.
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They liked to paint outdoors at the scene not from still life or models.
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They were very interested in the way light affects things and used
bright and vivid colours to highlight an object's natural colour.
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They were less concerned with painting realistically and more
interested in capturing the way light shines on objects and how colours
change in the sun.
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Their work was often painted quite quickly before the light changed,
and this shown in the use of thicker paints, heavy and loose brush
strokes and the lack of fine detail.
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The Impressionists were a group of artists who worked in France around the
end of the 19th Century. They became famous for painting with bright,
vibrant colours. They used colour to express mood and feeling.
Claude Monet.
Haystack at the Sunset
near Giverny. 1891
Can you see how
Monet uses colour to
paint the Haystack
in different ways, to
express different
moods and feelings?
What time of year do
you think this was
painted?
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Claude Monet. Haystack, Snow
Effects, Morning. 1890
Can you see
how Monet uses
colour to paint
the Haystack in
different ways,
to express
different moods
and feelings?
What time of
year do you
think this was
painted?
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Claude Monet. Haystack at the
Sunset near Giverny. 1891
Can you see
how Monet
uses colour
to paint the
Haystack in
different
ways, to
express
different
moods and
feelings?
What time
of year do
you think
this was
painted?
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Impressionist Painting
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Task; Select one of the famous
Impressionist paintings
provided. Study the painting
and try to mix as many colours
in the painting as you can see.
Paint these colours into the
margin of the page.
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Add the title of the painting
and the name of the artist.
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Draw out the painting then
paint it using the colours you
have mixed.
+ Impressionist Painting (example 2)
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Task; Select one of the famous
Impressionist paintings
provided. Study the painting
and try to mix as many colours
in the painting as you can see.
Paint these colours into the
margin of the page.
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Add the title of the painting
and the name of the artist.
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Draw out the painting then
paint it using the colours you
have mixed.