Paint like Monet

James Heard

Book - 2006

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Published
London : Cassell Illustrated 2006.
Language
English
Main Author
James Heard (-)
Item Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141) and index.
Physical Description
144 p. : ill. (some col.)
ISBN
9781844034451
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • Tools and Materials for Impressionist Painting
  • Easels - now and then
  • Monet's supports
  • Choosing a canvas
  • Traditional methods of making oil paint
  • Traditional oil and landscape painting
  • The invention of the paint tube
  • The new paints of the nineteenth century
  • Monet's palette/today's palette
  • Brushes - old and new
  • The technical rules of painting in oil
  • Checklist of materials
  • Exercise: The Beach at Trouville
  • Understanding the Art of Claude Monet
  • Early life
  • Impressionism and the science of colour
  • Changing colour
  • Eugene Chevreul
  • Exercise: The Magpie
  • An essay in whites
  • Monet and Japanese prints
  • Early years
  • Exercise: The Regatta at Argenteuil
  • Your own painting of reflections
  • Painting en plein air
  • Artists' colonies
  • Chiaroscuro to peinture claire
  • Impression: Sunrise
  • The first Impressionist exhibition
  • The official Salon
  • Exercise: Poppies at Argenteuil
  • Contrasting red and green
  • Success - and loss
  • How Monet subverted a traditional subject
  • Exercise: Storm off the Belle-Isle Coast
  • Painting swirling waters
  • Travels and architecture
  • Exercise: The Palazzo da Mula
  • What you might do with a bookcase
  • Monet's later life and the break-up of the group
  • Monet and Turner
  • Monet and London
  • Exercise: The Houses of Parliament
  • Blending colours
  • Narrative painting before Monet
  • The series paintings
  • Monet's narrative of light
  • How the series paintings were painted
  • Framing and display
  • Monet and Realism
  • Exercise: Waterloo Bridge
  • Monet's life at Giverny
  • Exercise: Water Lilies
  • Moving the angle of your gaze
  • Monet's eye problems
  • Monet's last years
  • The legacy of Monet
  • Glossary
  • Where to see paintings by Monet
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgements and credits
Review by Library Journal Review

These first two entries in the new "Masterclass" series are outstanding volumes and bode well for the rest of the series. Many artists begin their careers modeling their style on the masters that inspire them. Heard, the Public Programmes Manager at the National Portrait Gallery and a practicing artist, offers unique insights into the creative mind of Monet. He explores how his paintings were conceived, constructed, and executed in what is a guided tour through the artist's methods, tools, materials, and techniques. Theoretical context is provided with, for example, a section on the influence of Eugene Chevreul's 1839 seminal volume, The Harmony and Contrast of Colours. White, an internationally exhibited artist, helps students gain an understanding of Da Vinci's techniques for depicting the human form and dealing with perspective, line weight, light, shade, and character. She explores how Da Vinci achieved his effects, chose his materials, and defined his approach, and she analyzes some of his finest drawings in depth. Both volumes provide chronologies of the artists' lives and glossaries of historic terms. Highly recommended. For a single-volume work, see Hazel Harrison's Master Strokes: Watercolor; A Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Techniques of the Masters. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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