Colorado Western Landscape Art, Mountain Art, Oil Paintings
Impressionism is a style of art that is created by short, thick strokes of paint quickly capturing the essence of the subject, rather than its details. Colors are applied side by side with as little mixing as possible, a technique that exploits the principle of simultaneous contrast to make the color appear more vivid to the viewer.
Greys and dark tones are produced by mixing complementary colors. Pure impressionism avoids the use of black paint.
Wet paint is placed into wet paint without waiting for successive applications to dry, producing softer edges and intermingling of color.
The play of natural light is emphasized.
Colorado Western Landscape Art, Mountain Art, Oil Paintings