Paint with the Impressionists: A Step-by-Step Guide to Their Methods and Materials for Today's Artists

$19.95 at National Gallery of Art.

Jonathan Stephenson In this approach to impressionism and its methods, the author's instruction enables amateur artists to paint like the impressionists. The book is illustrated with well-known works of art, and shows how the masters achieved their effects and how their ideas and styles can be adapted today. An introduction provides historical background to impressionism, and a section is included on artist's materials available then and now. Demonstrations show how to achieve the desired effects, from the…