Pre - and Post-Perspective

What do you notice about the placement of the trees in each painting?

Look for paintings with thick dabs and blobs of paint; the choppy brushwork will make you wonder if the artist finished the painting in a hurry. 2. Get too close to an Impressionist painting, and it will seem like a big, incomprehensible mess, take a few steps back, and your eyes will have to adjust to its blurriness.