Accurate Notes vs Accurate Relationships - No. 53

Analysis of the various value ranges used in impressionist painting to achieve the light of the day and what exactly ‘accuracy’ means to an impressionist.Show more

QUESTION: Ted Jacobs would mention, correctly, that Impressionists were NOT painting the accurate hue, value and chroma of whatever they were painting. Impressionists would paint the shadow quite a bit lighter than it should be, that you can get a more accurate representation if you painted the color darker in the shadows than Impressionists did. And Impressionists painted in a narrower range in the light as well. JAN