Painting the Impressionist Landscape: Lessons in Interpreting Light and Color
Master Impressionism with an art-instruction classic. Impressionism has inspired generations of American artists. And no one has done more for the cause of American Impressionism than Charles Hawthorne, the founder of the Cape Cod School of Art. In Painting the Impressionist Landscape, author and artist Lois Griffel explores Hawthorne’s theories about color and light in depth. Griffel, the longtime director of the school Hawthorne founded, teaches his philosophy like no other painter can,...
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Master Impressionism with an art-instruction classic. Impressionism has inspired generations of American artists. And no one has done more for the cause of American Impressionism than Charles Hawthorne, the founder of the Cape Cod School of Art. In Painting the Impressionist Landscape, author and artist Lois Griffel explores Hawthorne’s theories about color and light in depth. Griffel, the longtime director of the school Hawthorne founded, teaches his philosophy like no other painter can, with inspiring step-by-step painting lessons and illuminating text. A true classic of art instruction, Painting the Impressionist Landscape has sold more than 30,000 copies in hardcover in the fifteen years since it was first published. Now a new generation of painters can bring impressionism into their work with this convenient and affordable paperback edition.Daniel Lombardo - Library JournalIn the late 1980s, Griffel became the director of the famed Cape Cod School of Art, the foremost center for the study of American impressionism, continuing the legacy of its founder, impressionist Charles Hawthorne, whose philosophy and theories about color and light influenced a century of great American impressionists. Here, she emphasizes how the delicacy and subtlety of light within a subject can be captured in a painting. The original hardback edition has become something of a classic since its 1994 publication. This first-ever paperback version is highly recommended for all libraries. For a detailed look at the techniques of perhaps the greatest impressionist, see James Heard's Paint Like Monet.
\ Library JournalIn the late 1980s, Griffel became the director of the famed Cape Cod School of Art, the foremost center for the study of American impressionism, continuing the legacy of its founder, impressionist Charles Hawthorne, whose philosophy and theories about color and light influenced a century of great American impressionists. Here, she emphasizes how the delicacy and subtlety of light within a subject can be captured in a painting. The original hardback edition has become something of a classic since its 1994 publication. This first-ever paperback version is highly recommended for all libraries. For a detailed look at the techniques of perhaps the greatest impressionist, see James Heard's Paint Like Monet.\ \ —Daniel Lombardo\ \
