Posts Tagged ‘paint like Monet’
I Sold My First Painting!
Having given away more than 300 paintings for free or as donations to nonprofits, I unexpectedly accepted a commission. This project not only inspired me to work on a 12-foot composition based on a Claude Monet masterpiece, but it also helped to establish a valuation range for people who already have my paintings. Let me tell you about what happened…
Read MoreMy Year of Monet #4: His Earlier Paintings Influenced Mine
Featuring 4 of Leigh’s 2019 Paintings After completing the “Paint Like Monet” project (see my last blog article), I painted four more water lilies. For these, I switched up colors and felt looser and freer than I had while concentrating so hard on Monet’s techniques. I returned to the Balboa Park lily pond for a…
Read MoreMy Year of Monet #3: Monet & Me – Reinventing Ourselves
Featuring 6 of Leigh’s 2019 Paintings A Monet-Like Painting Project I recently attended “Monet: The Late Years” at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, an exhibit of works from the last two decades of Claude Monet’s life. I took the selfie below at that show, which opened with a short 1915 film by Sacha…
Read MoreMy Year of Monet #1: Photography and the “21st Century Impressionist”
Photography and the “21st Century Impressionist” Featuring 6 of Leigh’s 2019 Paintings I’ve studied Claude Monet since I was a teenager and have paid homage to him with my own water lilies and scenes from his garden in Giverny. For 2019, I have embarked upon a more intensive investigation into his life, techniques, and art…
Read More