12/28/2023 0 Comments Topaz simplify photoshop brush strokes![]() My only caution would be that, sometimes, use of a software filter looks more like use of a software filter than like the style it’s actually meant to mimic. This is one of the reasons I think the quest of the OP is of value, even if it suggests directly attempting to mimic some of the great Impressionist painters. It’s perhaps part of the never ending sense of irony to art that even the most brazen and new visions often reference art history and others’ visions in some ways. Copying, mimicry, historical repetition are all employed in art’s evolution, even in the most personal and subjective art. So much art is born of homage and building on the visions and ideas of others. Though art is considered, and rightly so, a subjective endeavor and though Impressionism in particular is considered to come from a very personal and subjective rather than objective and representational vision, rarely is there a singularity or purity of subjectivity or personal gesture. Pictorialism actually had quite a bit to do with replicating how others saw things, namely the painters of the day. Interestingly enough, Pictorialism in photography arose out of a desire to emulate painting in order that photography be recognized as a genuine art worthy of display in museums. The photographic equivalent of Impressionism was/is Pictorialism. less detai + drybrush strokes (general/background) color palette (match it to one you like) So I think two keys to emulating an impresionist painting are: ![]() The best impressionist painters - while they might not have had the inclination/time to add in the fine details/nuances that a 'classical' painter might have added in his/her studio - were nevertheless experts in using varying color paletes and applying these subtley. The same is often true of other (post)impressionist painters such as Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Seurat, etc. Van Gogh is popularly known for his 'unreal', vivid colors but in the examples of his workthat I've seen, he uses a limited palette of harmonising and contrasting colors per painting. Our 'national gallery' (which I recently visited again) also has a number of works by Van Gogh, Gaugin, etc. I live in NL which has a large Van Gogh gallery. This is not somethimg that digital cameras are good at and can be best be done in PP. But IMHO, painters (including impressionists, post-impressionionists, etc.) were/are true masters of using color and the subtlely blending colors. ) to express your 'subjective impression' more than the factual details. There are perhaps things you can do in-camera (framing, perspective, selective focus/unfocus. Though I appreciate the amazing skills of the more 'classical' painters, there is something very fresh and vibrant about paintings by impressionists and post-impressionists! ) is all yours, As an occasional 'art lover', modern art from the impressionsts onwards interests me (by far) the most. Haha! All the credit (location, interest, subject, photo. I didn't spend too much time on this, but just as an example (which you may or may not like )): add patches of subtle colors to blank layers, use gaussian blur to diffuse them and blend them in (for example in skies) experiment with the many Filter/Artistic effects use Filter/Other/HighPass in overlay blending mode to add some outlines back into the fuzzy image use gaussian blur (or blur tool) to blur fine details (even using different settings for 'subects/background) image/adjustments/match color (to an opened painting that has the color palette you like) This is certainly true of fine details (like leaves, stalks, texture of melons, trees, etc).Ī couple of things you can play around with: ![]() So - with the exception of a few well-placed brush strokes to suggest detail - impressionist paintings tend to be 'fuzzy' rather than sharp. using colors that expressed their perceptions/feelings rather than being (necessarily) exactly true to life painted outdoors quickly with little (= selective) attention to details ![]() Impressionist paintings are - as the name suggests - artists' subjective "impressions" of transient scenes and subjects: Interesting topic! I've only ever dabbled with 'painting effects' but there's a whole lot more you can do in PS, whatever camera/sensor you use.
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