Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each practice: academic method or Impressionist method?
Groups: Academic method · Impressionist method
- Finished in the studio from preparatory drawings
- Brushwork blended invisibly smooth
- Shadows built from complementary colors
- Shadows rendered in black and brown
- Painted outdoors in front of the motif
- Visible, unblended strokes left on the surface
Hints
- Every academic rule has its inversion here.
- All the inversions follow from painting on the spot.
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Academic method: Finished in the studio from preparatory drawings, Brushwork blended invisibly smooth, Shadows rendered in black and brown
Impressionist method: Painted outdoors in front of the motif, Visible, unblended strokes left on the surface, Shadows built from complementary colors
Why
Every academic rule has its Impressionist inversion, and each inversion follows from one decision: paint the light while it is still there.
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