George Gallo: Impressionistic Landscape Painting

Through this riveting course, you'll discover practical techniques and gain valuable tips that will enhance any painting style you want to master. Gallo explores such themes as: The interaction of secondary colors — orange, green, and purple — which is the basis of all impressionistic painting The way to create lively color mixes by using the secondary-color interaction to get paintings to vibrate like the impressionist masters Using atmospheric perspective Creating a sense of depth The importance of happy accidents. As Gallo states, "There are a lot of happy accidents in painting, if you're doing it properly. If you don't have happy accidents, then you're just painting by formula." Achieving a better understanding of color and design Tricks to make the light "shine" through — the essence of impressionism — such as layering heavier paint, which captures, then indicates, light as the layers provide a more substantial reflection And much, much more! The Importance of Impressionism Im