Belle Isle - Monet

Monet was in his stride at this point. Selling and painting, but his personal life was still up in the air, so he went to this spot to be inspired.

Well I would say he was. This is a very typical impressionist painting.  He started with the light and worked down into the dark. if you look closely you'll see the light brush strokes. Dabs and touches.

This lovely painting is hanging in the Cincinnati Museum of art.  We toured and saw so many of the great European  masters.

Monet has five to 7 layers of depth in the picture. It also has a feeling of atmosphere.

So much information so little space, well just look and like it!

Lets paint a purple painting today