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The Better Stick
Figure, Gesture
Drawing and Collage
…a la Matisse
Produced by:San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator:Bonnie TillotsonAdditional material from Robert Bullwinkel
Self portraitIn a Striped
T-shirt1906
Henri Matisse
The Better Stick Figure
•Anatomist•Physician•Author/artist •De Humani Corporis Fabrica
(On the Fabric of the Human Body)
I am not accustomed to saying anything with certainty after only one or two observations.
…A. Vesalius
ANDREAS VESALIUS
1514 – 1564
The Better Stick Figure
The Better Stick Figure
Drawing is like making an
expressive gesture with the
advantage of permanence.
--Henri Matisse
Gesture Drawing
Wild Beasts & Matisse
Fauve is a French word that means “wild beast,” a term applied to Matisse and several other painters in the early 20th century who used color in bold new ways.
Self Portrait, 1918Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse is considered the most important French artist of the 20th century and, along with Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential modernist painters of the last century. Matisse began studying drawing and painting in the 1890s. A student of the masters of Post-Impressionism, Matisse later made a reputation for himself as the leader of a group of painters known as Les Fauves.Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
When I put a green, it is not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.
--Henri Matisse
Game of Bowls1908Oil on CanvasHenri Matisse
Seek the strongest color effect possible…
the content is of no importance. --Henri Matisse
Triads
“To maximize the intensity of his colors—and achieve the light he was looking for—Matisse
organized his picture with pairs of
complements. Orange masts rise from blue
hulls. Potted plants on the balcony sprout red blossoms amid green foliage. Reflections
oppose pink and turquoise, and in the walls these colors are
reversed and deepened. Isolated by bare areas of
canvas, these combinations generate a sort of visual vibration.”
National Gallery of Arthttp://www.nga.gov
Open Window, Colioure
1905Henri Matisse
Put a colour upon a canvas – it not only colours
the part of the canvas to which the colour has been applied, but it also colours
the surrounding space with the complementary.
--Henri Matisse
Complementary Colors
The NegressGouache1952, Henri Matisse
Do you see any complementary colors?
Collage
The Sorrows of the KingGouache on Paper on Canvas1952, Henri Matisse
How about here?
Your Artwork: •Create a collage with paper cutouts using your gesture drawn figure(s). •You may use repeated symbols or blocks of color as Matisse did. •Use examples of two paired complements to create “visual vibration.”•Think about how you want to fit the pieces together.
•Fit the parts together, one into the other, and build your figure like a carpenter builds a house. Everything must be constructed, composed of parts that make a whole. --Henri Matisse
•Mount your cutouts on white paper.
Criteria for success:
• What skills did you learn in these activities?
• What content knowledge did you use?
How successful were you in doing and showing that knowledge?
Not quite? 1
Limited? 2
Proficient? 3
Advanced?4
What would you do differently if you could do it again?
CriteriaAdvanced
4Proficient
3Limited
2Not Quite
1Missing
0
This work was created by Bonnie Tillotson, VAPA Coordinator for the San Bernardino Superintendent of Schools with additional material by Robert Bullwinkel, VAPA Coordinator for the Fresno County Office of Education. This work was funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation through a grant to the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association’s Arts Initiative. All images used in this presentation are non-restricted. This work may be used free of charge for all non-commercial applications. Please give appropriate credit as listed above.
The Better Stick
Figure, Gesture
Drawing and Collage
…a la Matisse
Produced by:San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator:Bonnie TillotsonAdditional material from Robert Bullwinkel