Impression of a Painting
12” by 12” square canvas
Oil paints on canvas
The original photograph was inspired by SVellecca, a lesser-known modern photographer who commonly captures Americana-themed pieces. I chose this photograph due to the visually pleasing colors and how it worked well with the inspiration I was going for, the early dusk sky created a beautiful hue on the sky while the upfront buildings are darkened. The painting itself was inspired by Claude Monet's style of impressionism. I tried to incorporate his style through the broad and distinctly colored brush strokes and the blurred lines of the structures.
Oil paints on canvas
The original photograph was inspired by SVellecca, a lesser-known modern photographer who commonly captures Americana-themed pieces. I chose this photograph due to the visually pleasing colors and how it worked well with the inspiration I was going for, the early dusk sky created a beautiful hue on the sky while the upfront buildings are darkened. The painting itself was inspired by Claude Monet's style of impressionism. I tried to incorporate his style through the broad and distinctly colored brush strokes and the blurred lines of the structures.
Planning
Inspiration
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I chose Claude Monet for my paintings inspiration
Claude Monet is famous for his harsh brush stoke style making his paintings look blurred. Monet was born in 1840, and died in 1926 having created over 2,000 paintings in his life. The main painting that I used for inspiration was is piece Impression, Sunrise(1872), this is where i got my paintings name. I also looked at his pieces San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk(1908–1912), and The Gare Saint-Lazare: Arrival of a Train(1877). all three paintings and my own Impression, Sunrise and my paining share the same medium of oil paintings. I had attempted to mimic his brush strokes with the sky behind the complexes, along with the rougher edges of the dark forefront. |
Process
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I used the photo i took for the previous project, the lens base project, as my reference photo, and chose this square out of it to work on as my painting. I used a grid-making app to ensure i proportioned my paining in the correct way. Along with setting up the image i will be primarily looking at to sketch it out onto my canvas, i made sure i would have my work space open, and available for changing tabs to look as my inspiration or any mess that could be made After using a ruler to mark out the grid-lines onto the painting, i sketched out the broad lines of the image so make sure i wouldn't cover light points of the paintings with a dark color of oil paints. This process was tedious due to the size of the squares i made for the grid, and marked for future reference to draw smaller grid squares to have less room to mess up the spacing of what i will be painting. Being unfamiliar with oil paints and using a smaller canvas this entire project was difficult, but especially using and mixing the paints. I seemed no matter how much water or lack of i added the consistency was never the same when mixing more paints in fear of wasting some. I started with base coats of the basic color of the area I would be painting and added more, more intricate and harsh brush strokes. I continuously added more paint in different shades to try and recreate my photo. |
Reflection
Painting this photo i took was especially hard for me. Drawing the sketch of the buildings even with the grid i created before hand was difficult. Comparing the results after finishing there are differences and the paintings is not a perfect recreation for the outlines of objects. Along with this difference there was a striking difference in the colors in the sky. The sky in the photograph i had taken is very orange with a very light purple shade in the upper sky. However, in my painting recreation, I had accidentally made the painting especially more vibrant and pink. I noticed this fairly early on, and blame the poor lighting in my room for this mistake, but even noticing this early on, no matter how much more orange and yellow paints i added to the pallet it stayed a consistently pink shade with a much darker purple sky. The oil paints had to be dabbed into the canvas to ensure that the canvas did not peak through past the oil paints, giving it a more professional look.
Due to my materials of oil paint and a smaller canvas, i was unable to recreate the telephone pole wires. This setback was not realized until the end of the painting, and i even tried to use other materials of thin pens and markers, but those did not work and i wanted to stay in the lines of the same materials hat my inspiration, Monet, used to attempt and keep my painting close to his work style as possible. Though the painting turned out quite different from the photo it was made to recreate, i can very easily tell that it was painted in the recreation of that photo. Being inexperienced to oil paints, and painting on canvas in general, I am fairly happy with the results of my painting.
Due to my materials of oil paint and a smaller canvas, i was unable to recreate the telephone pole wires. This setback was not realized until the end of the painting, and i even tried to use other materials of thin pens and markers, but those did not work and i wanted to stay in the lines of the same materials hat my inspiration, Monet, used to attempt and keep my painting close to his work style as possible. Though the painting turned out quite different from the photo it was made to recreate, i can very easily tell that it was painted in the recreation of that photo. Being inexperienced to oil paints, and painting on canvas in general, I am fairly happy with the results of my painting.
ACT Questions
1) Clearly explain and describe how you are able to identify the cause-effect relationships between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork.
- With my inspiration being the famous impressionist painter, Claude Monet, i tried to recreate his painting style using harsh, distinct colors in the defined brush strokes. I wanted to avoid the hombre colors that the original picture because when looking at some of Monet's art i noticed he commonly did not blend the paint together, instead, he would use the contrast of color to his advantage, making amazing pieces with brush strokes that compliment it.
2) What is the overall approach (point of view) the author (from your research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
- I kept my inspiration in mind, while painting an constantly looked at Monet's work to try to replicate his style. Monet was a painter during the surrealistic time frame with dream-like, blurry, paintings. These paintings usually had clear images in which one can tell what is happening, but most had an element of interpretation to it.
3) What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
- I discovered a new enjoyment and appreciation for Monet, and other historic painters. It was difficult for me to mimic his style with the advanced paintings tools i was privileged with, it was hard to imagine his originality on older materials. Leaning Monet had created thousands of paintings in his life was extremely shocking.
4) What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
- When researching Monet I tried to mainly stick with research solely relating to his career in painting and avoid his personal life. This project was focusing on his surreal paintings, not necessarily how he lived in between making those paintings.
5) What kind of inferences (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research?
- I came to the basis of the difficulty of creating an oil painting, especially in a surrealistic style. It was difficult to not blend the colors of the sky together, especially while ensuring to make sure the canvas did not peak through. I used a base coat of the main color of an area to ensure painting all of the canvas, while being able to work on top of that base to make it look like my inspiration.
- With my inspiration being the famous impressionist painter, Claude Monet, i tried to recreate his painting style using harsh, distinct colors in the defined brush strokes. I wanted to avoid the hombre colors that the original picture because when looking at some of Monet's art i noticed he commonly did not blend the paint together, instead, he would use the contrast of color to his advantage, making amazing pieces with brush strokes that compliment it.
2) What is the overall approach (point of view) the author (from your research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
- I kept my inspiration in mind, while painting an constantly looked at Monet's work to try to replicate his style. Monet was a painter during the surrealistic time frame with dream-like, blurry, paintings. These paintings usually had clear images in which one can tell what is happening, but most had an element of interpretation to it.
3) What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
- I discovered a new enjoyment and appreciation for Monet, and other historic painters. It was difficult for me to mimic his style with the advanced paintings tools i was privileged with, it was hard to imagine his originality on older materials. Leaning Monet had created thousands of paintings in his life was extremely shocking.
4) What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
- When researching Monet I tried to mainly stick with research solely relating to his career in painting and avoid his personal life. This project was focusing on his surreal paintings, not necessarily how he lived in between making those paintings.
5) What kind of inferences (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research?
- I came to the basis of the difficulty of creating an oil painting, especially in a surrealistic style. It was difficult to not blend the colors of the sky together, especially while ensuring to make sure the canvas did not peak through. I used a base coat of the main color of an area to ensure painting all of the canvas, while being able to work on top of that base to make it look like my inspiration.
Bibliography
Impression, Sunrise. (2020, October 17). Retrieved November 6, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impression,_Sunrise
Oscar-Claude Monet. (n.d.). Retrieved November 6, 2020, from https://www.claudemonetgallery.org/
Oscar-Claude Monet. (n.d.). Retrieved November 6, 2020, from https://www.claudemonetgallery.org/