I was inspired by van Gogh's "Still Life with Pears". For the lesson I would talk about Van Gogh and his impressionistic style, and stress the importance of doing this quickly, and not worrying about it being perfect.
-J
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I thought I would give one more painting lesson idea post for this week. I posted this painting this fall and I had a few people ask me to paint one for them. Honestly, this is probably the least amount of time I have spent on any of my art projects during my time in college! This still life was completed in one long setting, with a short second setting that was for finishing touches. It probably took a total of 3 hours, if that. This is actually one of the first still life's I have set up on my own, I do not do much art from life, and I really need to have more practice with that! This turned out to be a good exercise for me. I was inspired by van Gogh's "Still Life with Pears". For the lesson I would talk about Van Gogh and his impressionistic style, and stress the importance of doing this quickly, and not worrying about it being perfect. All I did was set up my still life, quickly draw the basic shapes that I saw on a small canvas, and then began painting with oils! I blocked in basic shapes with broken color- meaning I didn't just use paint on one flat color, I mixed my colors on the canvas. The key to creating shadows is adding hints of the complimentary color to the main color (orange's compliment is blue). I layered on a lot of paint and this created actual texture on the canvas. These images show the process from the drawing, blocking in the background, then each shape of pumpkin. I definitely recommend doing a still-life with pumpkins! They are so interesting and can vary in color so much! There are also close ups of the texture and the changes in value of the paint because of the way I mixed it on the canvas. I really like how it turned out! Below is the lesson plan I developed with this painting. Other resources and videos I used are included at the bottom of the lesson plan. Good luck with your own still life adventures! -J
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After a Spring Break spent Pre-Student Teaching, I got right back into the swing of things at school and had my Junior Art Review. For this I had to display my artwork for my professors and talk about it, and they give me feedback and let me know if I'm ready for my Senior Show. It went well, but I am glad to have it over with! One of the things I like to do as I create artwork is to make lesson plans to go with them that I could later use for my students when I am teaching art. For this painting, I created a lesson that I would call, "Paint like ______". This is the process I would have students follow: -Research an Artist, their style, medium, and famous art works -Choose one of the artworks, print it in color, and cut a piece out -Glue that piece on to a canvas -Paint around the piece in the style of the artist -Use the same medium and techniques they used -Color match with paint, blend in cut out image For my painting, I looked at Monet and used his "Haystacks" painting. I painted impressionistically around it with broken color and visible brush strokes to simulate his style. I also referenced Monets "Waterlillies" paintings in my composition. Here is the lesson plan I created for this. There are various resources at the bottom that I used. This could be used for middle school or high school and there are endless possibilities for what you could do with it. Incorporating art history is always a great thing!!
Happy Spring! -J |