Spring Landscape
1890
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1890
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Spring Landscape is a 1890 graphite by Berthe Morisot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a soft, sunlit hillside dotted with trees and bushes. The colors are pale—yellows, greens, and blues—applied in quick, loose strokes. The lines are sketchy, almost like a quick note of what the artist saw. The artist used colored pencils and graphite, layering marks to build up the scene. The light looks warm, like early spring. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines.
