Question

What technique did the artist of the painting above use to capture the light reflecting on the water?

Answer 1

Answer:

I believe it’s called broken color

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Rapid brushstrokes

Explanation:

This is a painting executed in 1879 by Berthe Morisot and belongs to the Impressionism movement. Like several other impressionist paintings of the period, portraits of the natural environment or people interacting with nature were the main theme of these paintings. How the light deal with them it was the favorite aspect explored by the artists. In this case, to create this effect in the water, in order to show the imprecision of the surface, the painter used rapid brushstrokes, creating the feeling of movement, and the dynamic of light over the surface.