Impressionism
Trigger word: Impressionist style
Recommended LoRA weight: Between 0.3 and 0.5 (not recommended to set too high, as it may easily lead to overfitting)
Recommended Sampling Steps: Between 9 and 15 steps (properly increasing the number of steps can enhance the details of the image)
Thanks to Z-Image's extremely powerful image generation capability, the direct output effect using Z-Image alone without LoRA is already quite good. However, adding the LoRA model trained intensively for 5000 steps will make the oil painting brushstrokes more textured, rhythmic and layered.
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Impressionism is an art movement that emerged in France in the 1860s, emphasizing the capture of momentary effects of light and color changes, typically created outdoors to represent scenes under natural light.
Impressionist painters opposed the then-dominant classical academicism. They believed that all colors are produced by light and advocated for painting outdoors, under the sun, based on visual observation and immediate sensation, to depict the subtle changes in color of objects under light. Impressionist painters, in their treatment of shadows, abandoned the traditional use of black in favor of brighter colors like blue and purple.
Impressionism can be said to be a liberation of painting. The main characteristics of the impressionistic style include short, broken brushstrokes, bright and unmixed colors, and an emphasis on light and its changing effects. The core of this movement is to abandon traditional artistic methods and embrace a more spontaneous and naturalistic style.
Impressionism is not only reflected in the field of painting but also quickly expanded to other artistic fields such as music and literature.
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Impressionism - Impressionist Techniques Vocabulary
Impressionism is an art movement that emphasizes capturing momentary effects of light and color changes, typically created outdoors to represent scenes under natural light.
Loose Brushwork
Emphasizes quick, loose brushstrokes to capture the essence of the scene, a technique that helps convey the liveliness and atmosphere of the scene.
Plein Air Painting
The technique of directly depicting the scene in front of you outdoors is crucial for Impressionist artists who aim to represent the fleeting changes in light and atmosphere.
Broken Color Technique
Placing small brushstrokes or dots of color side by side, rather than mixing them. This technique creates a sparkling effect, adding vitality to the painting.
Impasto
A technique of applying thick layers of paint to create texture. This adds a tactile dimension to the artwork and emphasizes the brushstrokes.
Complementary Colors
Impressionist artists often use complementary colors (colors opposite each other on the color wheel) to create vivid contrasts and enhance the brightness of the painting.
Capturing Light and Atmosphere
A signature feature of Impressionism is the depiction of light and its effects on landscapes and objects. Understanding how to represent different lighting conditions is crucial.
Limited Palette
Using a limited palette helps maintain harmony and balance in the painting, making it easier to capture the essence of the scene without being overwhelmed by too many color choices.
Layering and Glazing
Layering involves applying multiple layers of paint to build depth and complexity, while glazing involves applying thin, transparent layers of paint over dry layers to alter color and light effects.
Optical Mixing
A technique used by Impressionist painters where the artist places small brushstrokes of various colors side by side to create the effect of the desired color. The broken color technique relies on the visual mixing of colors, so it is best not to mix colors too much.
These techniques together form the core of Impressionist oil painting, enabling artists to capture the fleeting changes in light and color, creating vivid and dynamic works.
Description
Impressionism
Z-Image version.
Trigger word: Impressionist style
Recommended LoRA weight: Between 0.3 and 0.5 (not too high, as it may lead to overfitting)
Recommended Sampling Steps: Between 9 and 15 (properly increasing steps can enhance image details)
Thanks to Z-Image's powerful image generation capability, the direct output effect without LoRA is already good. However, adding the 5000-step fine-tuned LoRA will give the oil painting brushstrokes more texture, rhythm, and layering.
Introduction to Impressionism
Impressionism is a painting movement born in France in the second half of the 19th century. As the starting point of Western modern painting, it broke the realistic tradition of the classical academic school and completely transformed the logic of color and light representation in Western painting.
1. Background of Origin
Social and technical foundation: In the mid-19th century, the invention of portable paint tubes allowed painters to work outdoors directly (the "plein air" school); the emergence of photography made artists realize that painting did not need to "reproduce reality," but instead capture instantaneous visual impressions.
Motivation for artistic resistance: The academic salon exhibitions monopolized artistic discourse for a long time, promoting realistic styles centered on historical, religious themes, while neglecting daily life and natural light. In 1863, works by artists like Manet were rejected by the salon, leading to the "Salon des Refusés"—a landmark of Impressionism's infancy.
Origin of the name: In 1874, Monet exhibited Impression, Sunrise. Critics mocked its "sketchy, draft-like style" and called it "Impressionism." The painters embraced the name and held 8 Impressionist group exhibitions afterward.
2. Core Representative Painters
Claude Monet: The "father of Impressionism," who devoted his life to capturing light and shadow changes. Representative works: Impression, Sunrise, Water Lilies series, Haystacks series.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Specialized in depicting figures and life scenes with bright, soft colors. Representative works: Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, The Box.
Édouard Manet: A pivotal transitional figure. Though he did not participate in group exhibitions, his works inspired Impressionist painters. Representative works: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), Olympia.
Camille Pissarro: A consistent adherent of Impressionist ideas, specializing in landscape sketches. Representative work: Boulevard Montmartre.
Alfred Sisley: Focused on landscape painting, with precise depictions of sky and water light. Representative work: Snow at Louveciennes.
3. Core Artistic Characteristics
Subject matter: Focus on daily life and nature
Abandoned the grand themes of classical history, religion, and mythology, turning to daily life scenes (markets, dances, cafes), natural landscapes (rivers, fields, city streets), and portraits of ordinary citizens (instead of nobles). It emphasized "painting as a record of instantaneous life."
Technique: Plein air painting and brushstroke innovation
Plein airism: Advocated capturing light changes outdoors directly, believing "color is a product of light." The same scene would show distinct color effects under different times and weather (e.g., Monet's Haystacks series).
Color juxtaposition: Abandoned the traditional use of black/brown for shadows; instead, placed small strokes of pure colors side by side, relying on the eye's visual mixing to create color effects (e.g., blue + yellow for green), making the image brighter and more transparent.
Loose brushstrokes: Short, fragmented, and lively brushstrokes, without pursuing smooth outlines. The texture of brushstrokes was preserved to enhance the vividness of "instant impressions."
Composition: Breaking balance, pursuing dynamism
Rejected the symmetrical, rigorous compositions of the academic school, often using asymmetrical layouts and cropped perspectives (like photographic snapshots). Empty spaces or offset subjects created a natural, casual dynamism—e.g., the right-biased figure and fluttering scarf in Monet's Woman with a Parasol.
Aesthetic core: "Instantaneity" and "sensory experience"
The essence of Impressionism is "capturing the first visual impression". It does not pursue narrative or precise details, but restores the eye's instantaneous sensory perception of light, shadow, and color. It emphasizes "painting as a record of feeling, not rational depiction."
4. Historical Influence
Impressionism completely overturned the color system of traditional Western painting, promoting the shift from "realism" to "expressing subjective feelings." It directly inspired Post-Impressionism (Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin) and Neo-Impressionism (Seurat, Signac), and laid the foundation for 20th-century modernist movements like Fauvism and Cubism.