See how the sun shines on and through the hat. See how the shadow
from the hat is falling down on her breast!
Now please
observe the small dashes
of green colour on the model's hat and how
they intensify
the feeling of depth in the scene. These
small dashes
are enough to give us, in our minds, the
definitive impression that the model really is sitting out there –
in the sunshine, in the ‘Norvègienne’, out on the river!
Let us call
this little green dash our first small evidence of the masterly
hand! We will soon learn, that Claude Monet did not do anything at
random.
Willow leaves
Let us also observe the willow leaves, on which the sun is
shining bright, even shining through them, and almost transforming
them into sunrays.
Why not compare
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