Impressionist landscapes

The painting technique of French Impressionists as Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, is unmistakable. After observing the works of these artists, with the students of the Year 9, we tried to reinterpret the photo of a landscape in the Impressionist style. Before we drew the main lines of the landscape on a sheet, avoiding details and particulars. Then we filled the areas outlined with backgrounds of solid colors in tempera paints. Above these colors we have subsequently painted small brushstrokes juxtaposed with each other, trying to imitate the colors of the photo. Here are the results, can we really call them “Impressionist works”!