"My Corner of The Studio" by MonetCritiqued by: Jude Welton
The heavily patterned wallpaper and carpet indicate that this is not a studio as such, but the room of an artist. The traditional studios that were used by academic painters had dark walls, helping to create deep shadows; the Impressionists preferred light-filled studios painted with pale colors.
Familiar still-life props hang above the table and lean against it- a sword, pistol, and rifle. A pile of well thumbed books adds a serious air, and a tasseled velvet cap has been draped, with studied casualness, over the table edge. More obvious artist's accoutrements are the box of paints and the loaded palette with several brushes.
The rounded surfaces of the turned table legs have been modeled with light and shade. Monet has created dark shadows that move through mid-tones to white highlights. Within a few years, he would begin to use color to describe form.
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