Masterpieces

I have decided to begin a series of paintings that will be copies of masterpieces by artists like Monet, VanGogh, Beirstadt and Moran. I am going to embark on this project as a way to learn from these masters, but mostly because I love their work and I want to know what it feels like to paint like them. There is a long established tradition of doing this as a method of training painters, although it takes place more in Europe than it does here.