I’m so glad you have taken an interest in this lesson as I think it’s a real beauty!

Impressionism is a style of painting that so many people would love to do, so I

thought it might be good to create an Impressionist beach scene in oils. So grab

your Mont Marte Art materials and...

Material List

CMPL2530 Mont Marte Canvas Panel 25x 30cm

MPA0032 Mont Marte Gesso Tub 500 ml

MCG0082 Mont Marte Chungking Filbert #6

MCG0096 Mont Marte Chungking Bright #16

MCG0122 Mont Marte Taklon Liner 5/0

MCG0060 Mont Marte Palette Knife #6

MCG0009 Mont Marte Oval Wood Palette

MAXX0007 Mont Marte Brush Washer Stainless Steel

PMSA0005 Mont Marte Silver Series Acrylic Yellow Ochre

PMSA0028 Mont Marte Silver Series Burnt Umber

MPO0001 Mont Marte Titanium White

MPO0002 Mont Marte Lemon Yellow

MPO0012 Mont Marte Crimsone Red

MPO0009 Mont Marte Cadmium Red Hue

MPO0017 Mont Marte Phthalo Blue

MPO0016 Mont Marte Ultramarine Blue

MPO0023 Mont Marte Viridian

MPO0028 Mont Marte Burnt Umber

MPOoo27 Mont Marte Burnt Sienna

Turps

Concrete Float

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Easy 12+Painting

Impressionist Beach Painting

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Step 1: Undercoat

Apply a smooth coat of White Gesso Paint to your entire

Canvas and allow it to dry. Then create a mix from Yellow

Ochre and Burnt Umber Acrylic Paint and scrub this onto

your Canvas. This will give the next layer of paint

something to key onto and add a lovely warmth to the

painting.

Step 2: Dark Underpainting

Mix some Crimson Red, Ultramarine and Burnt Umber with

a tiny bit of turpentine. Then paint in the tree and land with

the #6 Filbert Brush. This does not have to be a perfect

tonal rendering, just try to get the shape right. An image

has been provided for your reference on the last page of

this PDF.

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Step 3: Sky

Paint a mix of Ultramarine, a spot of Crimson and plenty of

White in the lower portion of the sky. Then add a spot of

Phthalo into your Blue mix and paint this into the top of the

sky with the #16 Bright Brush. Gently blend the two Blues

together and then add some fluffy White clouds here and

there.

Step 4: Water

Into the Sky Blue mix, add some Viridian and paint this into

the water. Add a White line across the horizon to suggest

waves and blend in streaks of White into the water for the

reflections.

When applying your

colours in this painting,

dab it on and try not to mix

the colours together.

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Step 6: Reflection

Into the mid Green add some White and a spot of Burnt

Umber. With this mix block in an area to suggest the tree’s

reflection on to the water, blend it in and soften the edges.

Step 8: Detailing

Use a thin mix of Black and Turps to paint in some hanging

roots with your Fine Liner Brush. Then dot in some of the Sky

mix in to the foliage, this will suggest holes in the foliage.

Step 7: Roots

With the end of the brush scrape back root shapes around

the bottom of the tree. Create a believable root pattern

with curving strokes. Then make a light earthy colour from

a mix of Burnt Sienna and White and paint it into the areas

highlight on the tree with the Fine Liner Brush. Lay a few

spots on to the tree boughs to suggest dappled light.

until next time...

Step 5: Foliage

Create a dark, medium and light Green for the foliage

from: Lemon Yellow + Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow +

Pythalo Blue, Medium Yellow + Ultramarine Blue. Lay these

into the tree starting with the darkest tone, refer to the PDF

to show you where to lay the three tones. Lastly lay some

pure Lemon Yellow on the tree, mainly in to the outer

foliage to suggest the light catching certain leaves.

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