LandscapesDiscovering your Style

En Plein Air• “inopenair”– Outdoorpainting

• ApaintingapproachmadepopularbyImpressionistslikeMonet,Bazille,Renior,andDegas.

• Breakfromtraditional,academicstudiopainting

• Naturallight

ClaudeMonetPaintingbytheEdgeoftheWoods1885

JohnSingerSargent

AuBord deL’eau (AttheWater’sEdge)1885

PierreAuguste Renior

Impressions:Sunrise1872

ClaudeMonet

ClaudeMonetHaystacks series

189024Paintings

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Boxeasel&Collapsibletinpainttubes

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Objective: • Toresearchandemulatealandscapeartistfromthefollowingselectionofhistoricandcontemporaryartists.

• Useyourownimageasreference.

• Emulateastyleyoufindaestheticallyinterestingandinspirational.

Criteria: • Studentusedapersonalphotoasareference.Paintingandphotoresembleoneanother(10).

• Studentemulatedthestyleoftheirchosenartist.Studentmimickeduseofvalue,color,shape,etc.(30).

• Studentincludedaforeground,middleground,andbackground(30).

• Studentdemonstratedcraftsmanship(30).

Harold Gregor

Gordon Harrison

Georgia O’Keeffe

Salvador Dali

Paul Cezanne

Helen Torr

Sveta Esser

Willard Metcalf

Paul Cornfield

Artist“ShowandTell”

• Createa5slidepowerpointaboutyourchosenpainter.

• Includepictures(minimaltext)

• Consideransweringthefollowingquestions:• Whoisyourartist?• BRIEF bio(wherearetheyfrom,whatdotheypaint,etc.)• Whatdoyoulikeaboutyourartist?Whydidyouchoosethem?• Whatmakestheminteresting?

• Pleasekeeppresentationto5minutes(orless)

• Teachusallsomethingnew!

VincentVanGogh

• Zundert,Netherlands(Dutch)

• 1853-1890• Post-Impressionist

EarlyWork

LaterWork

• Decidedtopaintlaterinlife(triedtobeapastorformanyyears)• MovedtoParistopursuepainting.• Brother(TheoVanGogh)wasanartdealer

BigIdeaswithLittleSuccess• DecidedtomovetosouthernFrancetostartacommuneofartists.• PaulCezannewastheonlyonewhofollowed.• Ledtobitterfights

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