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I'm an amateur painter trying to move from realistic landscapes into a more expressive, impressionistic style, but my attempts feel muddy and lack the vibrant light I admire in Monet's work. I'm struggling with color theory and brushwork to capture atmosphere rather than detail. For artists experienced in Impressionism, what are your practical techniques for mixing clean, luminous color directly on the canvas and avoiding over-blending? How do you plan your composition to emphasize light effects, and what specific exercises helped you transition from tight rendering to a more suggestive, broken-color approach? I'm also curious about modern materials versus traditional ones for achieving those effects.