subject: Impressionism: Painting in the Style of Claude Monet [print this page] By looking at some Impressionist paintings, you will notice that there is a fascination of the seasonal changes on the same landscape. The effects of this technique lead us to perceive of the changing nature of trees, vegetation, sky and clouds. Such technique was initiated by Claude Monet and according to some art scholars he perfected how to render the season's impression on the canvas by painting the same scene again and again in different seasons and at different times of the day. With this, Monet painted not the landscape itself, but its impression on his mind as he kept seeing it. He simplified the subject through his painting making it easy for us to recollect it and this is the reason why his paintings are classics.
Impressionism: Painting in the Style of Claude Monet
