Painting Like the Impressionists

Impressionism, an art movement pioneered by a handful of avant-garde painters based in Paris in the1870s, gave academic oil painting a vivacity and spontaneity it had previously lacked, and remains tothis day the single most popular style of art for gallery-goers and amateur painters alike. Thiselegantly-written book, by a professional artist and scholar, is both an instructional guide toincorporating Impressionist techniques into your own painting, and an illuminating investigation intohow thos