The Still Life
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The Still Life“I WILL ASTONISH PARIS WITH AN APPLE.” -PAUL CEZANNE
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Pieter Claesz, Still Life with Wine Glass and Silver Bowl, c 1630, Staatliche Museum, Berlin
Dutch Vanitas Paintings
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Some hints…..
Highlights and shadows add depth
Wayne Theibaud (1920)
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While others saw fruit on a table, Cezanne saw SHAPES.
“Reproduce nature in terms of the cylinder and the sphere and the cone.”
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Negative Space is a Positive Thing…
Use it to help find shape relationship.
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Cropping suggests more space..
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Requirements/Steps
FIRST: Make 3 thumbnail sketches exploring the best composition. You must have the image running off of at least 3 of the sides.
SECOND: gather drawing board and suface- SKETCH image onto surface
THIRD: Do not get out paints until the first two steps are completed.
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While painting:
Work BACK to FRONT
Work Dark to LIGHT