Upcoming Projects

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Upcoming Projects

• Getting ready for Art Shows

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Topic OneStill Life

• Yes...this will be fun.

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What?

• Still life is a genre consists of an arrangement
  of inanimate objects that would typically be seen
  in a house. Flowers, food, pencils, and fabric
  are regularly seen objects in a still life
  painting.
• Still life images are controlled completely by
  the artist. They create the composition, versus
  with landscapes, the land determines the
  composition.

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History of Still Life

• Still life drawings were found carved into the
  sides of Egyptian tombs. They became extremely
  popular in the 16th with classical painting.
• Still Life consisted of allegorical themes
  (visual messages), and religious themes. The
  history of comic strips derived from still lifes
  because artists of old loved to throw in sexual
  innuendos.

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Artists to Recognize

• Juan Sanchez Cotan
• Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
• James Peale
• Antoine Vollon
• Edouard Manet
• Paul Cezanne

Pyramid of Skulls by Paul Cezanne
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How to Make...

• The beauty of still life is the artist controls
  the composition the arrangement of all the
  elements.
• Choose objects that interest you.
• Choose a fabric that compliments the objects.
• Arrange on a table.
• Think about focal point, splitting image in
  thirds, rhythm, and colors.
• Take photograph of your set up and use as
  reference when drawing.

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Requirements

• Students will complete a quality still life
  drawing, using soft pastel, oil pastel, or
  colored pencils.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of
  composition, movement, rhythm, color, and use of
  chosen medium.

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Examples
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• And Next...

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Self Portrait with Expression

• Student will complete a quality self portrait in
  charcoal demonstrating a firm understanding of
  value, the medium, and proportion.
• Students self portrait shall include expression
  as well as a background.

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Examples
Kathe Kollwitz
Student self portrait
Chuck Close
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Karine M.Swenson
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Mads Peter Brandstrup Jensen
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Directions

• Students take photo of themselves.
• Print out in 8 1/2 x 11. Can be done in
  classroom.
• Grid by splitting in fourths.
• Draw using willow and compressed charcoal.

Portrait by Courbet
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You pick...now get started. Deadline April 1st.