A 160-page hardback book by Jonathan Stephenson.
An easy-to-master, fun-to-do, step-by-step guide to making your own Impressionist paintings.
In this approach to Impressionism and its methods, the author’s instruction enables amateur artists to paint like the Impressionists. The book is illustrated with well-known works of art, and shows how the masters achieved their effects and how their ideas and styles can be adapted today. Jonathan Stephenson carried out his own painting experiments to help identify how the Impressionists must have worked.
An introduction provides historical background to Impressionism, and a section is included on artist’s materials available then and now. Demonstrations show how to achieve the desired effects, from the initial sketch to the finished painting. Sections on the artists provide insight into individual techniques. You will learn how to re-create the style of Monet’s landscapes, Ce´zanne’s still lifes, or Degas’s figures, and see your own Impressionism develop from the first brushstroke to the finished painting. Contiains 362 colour and 38 black-and-white illustrations.
“Excellently produced with many fine colour plates.” – Leisure Painter
• An easy-to-master, fun-to-do, practical step-by-step guide to making your own Impressionist paintings
• Introduce yourself to the lives of the masters – their ideas, their friends, their subjects, their methods
• Discover how you can apply Impressionist techniques with materials available today
• Learn how to re-create the style of Monet’s landscapes, Cezanne’s still lifes, or Degas’ figures and see your own impression develop from the first brushstroke to the finished painting
Jonathan Stephenson
The only biography I can find about the author is “Jonathan Stephenson is an accomplished painter who has contributed to The Artist and The Artist and Illustrator’s Magazine, among other publications.” I would love to know more, please leave a comment if you have any further information.
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