9
Oct
2015
Key Characteristics of Impressionism
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Day 9 Depicting modern life as the subject matter is one of the key characteristics of Impressionism. Here are my impressions of Singapore. This is the 9th post in a 31 Day Series: 31 Days Inspired by Impressionism.
8
Oct
2015
Impressionist Technique to Try – Light and Colour
Day 8 Claude Monet often painted in series, making many pictures of the same subject at different times throughout the day and in different seasons to see how the lighting affected his paintings. Look at these paintings of the Rouen Cathedral and see how the lighting changed the colours Monet used. Here is my Dandelions... Read More
7
Oct
2015
Inspired by Camille Pissarro
Day 7 Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was the Impressionists’ father figure. A decade or so older than most members of the movement, Pissarro contributed to all eight Impressionist exhibitions. Here is my image inspired by Camille Pissarro If you are interested in life and work of Camille Pissarro, watch this documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLXjdvkd4jo This is... Read More
5
Oct
2015
Inspired by Mary Cassatt
Day 5 Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Mary was also interested in photography and framed a lot of her paintings as if they were... Read More
4
Oct
2015
Faworki
This post is for the Project STIR blog tour. My favourite recipe. Faworki also called Chrust are sweet crisp pastries. They are most commonly eaten in the time of Carnival. In Poland, traditionally, some people make them on ‘Fat Thursday’ – the last Thursday before Lent, and invite their friends and families to celebrate the... Read More
4
Oct
2015
Impressionists Technique to Try – Light
Day 4 Impressionism and Light Impressionist painters were preoccupied with light. Monet’s series paintings can really be seen as a logical extension to the Impressionist principle of painting the light and capturing a fleeting moment in time. Here is a result of my own series of photographs. For a whole year I was photographing and... Read More
3
Oct
2015
Impressionists Technique to Try – Composition
Day 3 Impressionism and composition Before impressionism, composition was very traditional with various elements of a painting leading the eye to the focal point. The impressionists did experiment much more with composition, placing focal points in more unusual positions, and perhaps because they were contemporary to the development of photography, made great use of cropping... Read More
2
Oct
2015
Inspired by Claude Monet
Day 2 Today I would like you share with you 2 of my images inspired by work of Claude Monet. For this kind of work I like to use multiple exposures technique, to give my images painterly look. Water Lilies Series is considered Monet’s masterpiece Monet’s series of the “Nympheas” or Water Lilies have been... Read More
30
Sep
2015
Creative Exercise – Choose Creativity
Creativity is the quality that you bring to the activity that you are doing. It is an attitude, an inner approach – how you look at things. – Osho Growing as a photographer and improving your work takes effort and time. If you want to learn how to do something well you will find time... Read More
25
Sep
2015
31 Days Inspired by Impressonism
Coming October 1st 2015