6. Contrasting Colors

They primarily used contrasting colors.

” The Gare Saint-Lazare: Arrival of a Train” by Claude Monet, 1877 © Wikimedia Commons

7. Quick Brushstrokes

They rapidly applied short, highly visible brushstrokes to quickly sketch the scenes in front of their eyes.

“Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil” by Édouard Manet, 1874 © Wikimedia Commons

8. Blurriness

They did not clearly outline the forms of their objects, making them appear sketchy or blurry. (They focused on capturing a visual impression of their subjects rather than precisely depicting them.)

“The Grands Boulevards” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875 © Wikimedia Commons

9. Effects of Light

They put a special emphasis on the effects that light has on objects.

“Bal du moulin de la Galette” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876 © Wikimedia Commons

10. Photography-Like Cropping

They experimented with cropping in reaction to compositions they had noticed in photographs.

“Le Pont de l’Europe” by Gustave Caillebotte, 1876 © Wikimedia Commons