Animal Paintings!
One of the most successful projects of the semester was our animal painting project! Students used reference photos to help assist them in sketching out a realistic animal. Once the sketch was complete, they used tempera paint to add color. The focus was on color mixing and adding implied texture to the painting. Here are some examples below of their work!
Landscape Paintings!
Students are currently working on creating landscape paintings using three different styles...
Painting #1: Painting like the Fauves
Fauvism was a style of painting from the early twentieth century. The term Fauves (meaning Wild Beasts in French) was given to these artists because of their spontaneous and wild use of color within their works. Henri Matisse, a very well known artist, was known to be the leader of this movement. For this assignment, students were asked to create a simple landscape that uses color in an expressive way. They were encouraged to simply have fun with color, and mix things up a bit.
Painting #1: Painting like the Fauves
Fauvism was a style of painting from the early twentieth century. The term Fauves (meaning Wild Beasts in French) was given to these artists because of their spontaneous and wild use of color within their works. Henri Matisse, a very well known artist, was known to be the leader of this movement. For this assignment, students were asked to create a simple landscape that uses color in an expressive way. They were encouraged to simply have fun with color, and mix things up a bit.
Painting #2: Monochromatic
Students first learned how to mix tints and shade by creating a color wheel with paint. The color wheel featured each color, plus a tint and shade to learning how to mix. Students were then asked to create a monochromatic landscape. They could only use one color, but include at least one tint and one shade of the color in their painting.
Students first learned how to mix tints and shade by creating a color wheel with paint. The color wheel featured each color, plus a tint and shade to learning how to mix. Students were then asked to create a monochromatic landscape. They could only use one color, but include at least one tint and one shade of the color in their painting.
Painting #3: Realistic
For this last painting, students are asked to build upon all of their knowledge of painting over the last few exercises. They use large paper to sketch out any landscape that is interesting to them. Reference photos are available to understand how to show depth within the work, as well as how to draw particular objects. Students are asked to focus on color mixing, showing depth and having good composition. Works are in progress right now, but I’ll post them when they are finished!
For this last painting, students are asked to build upon all of their knowledge of painting over the last few exercises. They use large paper to sketch out any landscape that is interesting to them. Reference photos are available to understand how to show depth within the work, as well as how to draw particular objects. Students are asked to focus on color mixing, showing depth and having good composition. Works are in progress right now, but I’ll post them when they are finished!
