Photoshop as a Paint Tool

The Techniques of Impressionism

The Louvre WebMusem's Impressionist Artists Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/impressionism

An Impressionist Landscape Lesson Plan using Tempera Paint
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Art_History/ARH0004.html

 

Monet's Sequenced Impressionist Paintings

Rouen Cathedral Series
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/rouen

Haystack Series
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/haystacks

 

Monet's Rouen Revisited: Using Technology to Understand Monet

Main Rouen Revisited Images Site
http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/golan/rouen/Rouen_Images.html

Time Lapse GIF of Monet's paintings at different times of day
http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/golan/rouen/Monet_Time_Series.html

 

Lesson Ideas

Imagine what could be done by children with a handful of Monet reproductions:

• Seqeunce his series (i.e. haystacks) from morning to night in HyperStudio!
• Create "in-between" paintings in Photoshop for those times of day Monet did not document. Put the Monet painting on a background layer, and paint your own version on a separate layer on top.
• Create a class series of your own, with each student assignened to document one time of day looking out the classroom window or any other convenient landscape.

Software Resources

A review of the Photoshop tool functions
http://www.photoshopcentral.com/tips/toolbar.gif

A review of the Photoshop Palettes
http://www.arraich.com/ref/aapalettes6.htm

Blending Mode Descriptions
http://www.arraich.com/ref/tool_blend_modes.htm

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