Easiest Impressionist Painting?

Question

I need to re-created a painting done in the Impressionist Era, and I am terrible at art, period.

What is the easiest one out there?

Thanks a lot.

re-create*

Answer 1

I’ve painted in Monet’s pallet…

Try this one…
http://www.imt.net/~jimloy/arts/monet72.jpg


I would have to work this piece BUT to my eye I am seeing this pallet…
Mind you I have NOT worked this piece. But studied other Monet pieces..

Paint Colours needed

Phtalo Blue Phtalo Green Cerulean Blue
French Ultramarine
Oxide of Chromium (It’s Green)
Prussian Blue
Titanium White

These are Windsor and Newton Colours.

The white that you are seeing in the picture are reflections of the light and a few scratches.

Background would be brushed.

Foreground
The purply vertical lines use mostly 3 parts french ultramarine mixed with a 1 part white and possible tiny bit of phtalo blue. Paint this with a painters knife. (give you that globby look)
Start from upper left to lower right.

2 lily pads towards the right side of the painting half way up are 2 Parts Cerulean blue with ½ part White.

1 lily pad at bottom right is 3 parts Phtalo green, 1 part Oxide of Chromium, 1/2 part white.

Black colour – 3 parts prussian blue, 1/2 part oxide of chromium, 1 part french ultra marine, 1 phtalo blue.

Use linseed oil sparingly. Mostly on the background. Linseed will make your colours transparent and really, really thin if you use too much.

Wait till background dries before you head off to do the foreground vertical lines… Make it easier for you.

The lily pads have quite a LOT of linseed.

Paint 99% of this painting in vertical strokes until you get to the lower 1/3 of the canvas.

Cost.
Paint tubes $2.77 each. (www.dickblick.com)
Canvas 20”x20” $15.00 (You can use a $5.00 canvas like 16”x120”)
Painters Knife $10.00
http://www.dickblick.com/zz031/16/
Linseed Oil (thin paints) $6.00
Odorless Thinner $7.00
Paint brush #6 flat $5.00 Around $65.00

You HAVE to use a EASLE for this painting.



Miss Wong.. That was a Monet... look at the colours.. Hell, look at the LINK!

Anyone in here ever painted a seurat?????
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dseurat%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26toggle%3D1%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=700&h=534&imgurl=www.artunframed.com%2Fimages%2Freynolds55%2Fseurat108.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artunframed.com%2FSeuratthumb.htm&size=146.7kB&name=seurat108.jpg&p=seurat&type=jpeg&no=13&tt=20,744&oid=b2d40bc16e72e978&ei=UTF-8

Answer 2

There are some good suggestions here. I would check with your instructor if it's okay to choose post-impressionist and neo-impressionist works like Van Gogh and Seurat if they interest you. Since you stated "era" in your question, it's probably fine but I would just have it clarified.

Personally, if you want something easier, I would suggest the following work by Monet:

Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through the Fog, 1904:
http://monet.uffs.net/parliament.jpg

I think this is in the easier category because it's stylistically simplified, more two-dimensional, and a non-human subject. If you're troubled by being a poor artist, then the less you have to worry about perspective and anatomy, the better. This is a good and important choice because it will really give you the core of what this movement is about: a break from academic tradition where the artist deliberately brings attention to the use of light/color and spontaneous brushstrokes instead of a staged subject-matter.
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Answer 3

Impressionist paintings are detailed, i guess you should try something easier. Try looking at Frédéric Bazille paintings, some of his paintings are easy to re-create.

Answer 4

I had my jr. high art class tackle Van Goghs, The Starry Night. They used oil pastel (because they smudge and blend so well). They came out pretty well! It is one of my favorite paintings.

Answer 5

Why dont you chose the Expressionists ? It is the same era and they are much easier to reproduce. Take Otto Dix for instance.

Answer 6

I think copying a Seurat would be easier (relatively speaking) since he uses dabs of color. check out this one:
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/poplars-epte/monet.poplars-epte.jpg

Answer 7

something really easy to do -- landscapes.
something with rolling hills, all you'd have to do it big bumps.
you might want to stay away from trees, people, and houses. they're the hardest things to get right. you also might want to stay away from flowers.