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Nov 9Liked by Sue Deagle

Beautiful post, Sue. Another thing that the impressionists did uniquely, and that comes from being in the moment, was observe the colour/temperature of light - how say blue in shade was so different in the sun. The under layers would reflect this. It was so counterintuitive- a bright blue sky having an under layer (they had many actually) of bright orange to reflect the warmth of the blue. Ingenious I say!

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Wow! I had no idea about this, Arpit. A detail within a detail, capturing an unarticulated effect we see. Super cool.

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Nov 9Liked by Sue Deagle

Love how you tied your message to impressionist art. The idea of being in the moment was the life of the creator artist, being in your imagination. I will admit to spending a solid minute pondering the Woman with a Parasol. Gosh that painting draws me in.

Near me there is a sculpture garden called Grounds for Sculpture. There is a restaurant next to the recreation of Monet’s Lily Pond. I’ve sat on the patio and felt like I was in the painting - divine!

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I love this Suzy! I’m in awe of how the impressionists used their skill to get us deeper into life -how amazing that looking at a painting can evoke that, or sitting by a lily pond. So good!

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Wonderful!!!!! Thank you for this post, Life Art!!!

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