Turner effortlessly enjoyed painting various landscapes styles

Turner was influenced by the British Romantic landscape painters Richard Wilson and John Robert Cozens early in his career. He was frequently hired to reproduce or mimic John Robert Cozens's unfinished sketches. Turner seemed to be competing with himself and found inspiration in his works of art. Turner was profoundly influenced by Cozens's style, particularly how he handled light, while Wilson's work showed him how to see the world lyrically. Turner drew inspiration from a variety of different painters, including Willem van de Velde the Younger, a Dutch sea painter.

While honing his distinctive style, he perfected every landscape technique he appreciated. He used creative methods that had an impact on the well-known art style known as Impressionism, which originated in France and expanded across the western world. The Impressionists, such as Claude Monet, attentively examined J.M.W. Turner's artwork.

Turner's enjoyment of creating art "en Plein Air," or in the open air, was one of the things that made him so extraordinary. In Turner's era, this was unusual because most painters worked in their studios. Turner painted what he would see all the time and usually always had his sketchbooks, canvases, and paints with him.