December 3, 2012

You need: Vocab books

Landscape Painting12/3/2012

When nature is the subject of an artwork

Landscape

Horizon Line

• Where the sky & earth seem to meet

Atmospheric Perspective

• closer things appear clear and bright; further things appear lighter and blurry

Foreground

Background

• is closer to the viewer

• further from the viewer

Under painting

• First layer of paint applied as a base

• Can be covered easily• Creates overall value

Camouflage To disguise or conceal something

Liu Bolin

• Artist who makes camuoflaged, painted outfits that make him disappear into a scene.

Camouflaged paintings

Post- Impressionism

•Style in art history & painting

•1890-1930

•Subject is not totally realistic & expresses the emotional state of the artist.

Painterly

• Visible, expressive brushstrokes• Applying paint without perfect

control • Not following carefully drawn lines

Characteristics of a Post-

Impressionist style painting

• Non-realistic images

• Symbolism

• Expressive brush strokes

• Emotions more important than details

Vincent Van Gogh

• Bright, energetic painting w/ emotional impact

12/4/2012

• Right now you need:– A small “slice” of painting– Sheet of white paper– Pencil

• We will:– Learn about and look at Dr. Seuss artwork– Glue our “slice” on a paper– Draw foreground, middle ground, background– Mix a color for under painting

Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel

• Writer, illustrator

• Most famous for children’s books

• Characters & scenery are droopy & rounded

Nature that looks “Seussian”

“Seussian” Art not by Dr. Seuss

Your Project

• “Dr. Vincent Van Seuss”• You will get a piece of a P.Impressionist

painting to glue on your paper• Mix and match colors to that piece in the

surrounding area as exactly as possible!• Create a unique “Seussian” landscape

using painterly & expressive techniques found in Post Impressionist painting styles