Monet: Meadow with Poplars, 1875
Practice my "4 step method" (Tone > Blocking > Texture > Detail) as you paint one of Monet's most iconic landscapes.
In this painting we get the opportunity to practice the relaxed arm technique which enables the rapid painting of hundreds of vertical strokes. This gives the effect of swaying grass flowing like a river through the fore and mid-ground.
One of my interpretations, painted entirely with Derivan Student Acrylic.
The 4 steps
Tone
Blocking
Texture
Detail
Video of the Tonal Sketch
- Find the big shapes
- Shape + Tone = F O R M
- Find the Perspective
- Make the canvas bigger if needed
- Soft edges | We want no hard edges
- Clouds = negative space and mid tones.
About
- Title: Meadow with Poplars
- Creator: Monet
- Date Created: 1875
- Style: Nineteenth-Century European Painting Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- Physical Dimensions: 650(w) x 540(h) mm
- Original Title:
- Type: Painting
Colours
Palette: BasicStudent Paintings
