Pomegranate Coloring Book The Impressionists

Overview

Almost 150 years ago, a group of French painters created a shocking new style. Instead of painting the usual illustrations of historical events or grand portraits of kings and queens, they set out to capture moments from everyday life. Their paintings often showed shopkeepers, neighbors, friends, and family members going about their daily routines, or just scenes of simple natural beauty such as a glimmering river or a sunset over the sea. Also, these artists didn’t try to produce an exact copy of what they saw. Instead, they tried to record with bold colors and visible brushstrokes the “feeling” of a scene—their“impression” of it (which is how they came to be called “Impressionists”).