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Oil paint is a wonderful luscious painting medium that has a slow drying time to allow for easy color blends and layering/ glazing techniques. It can be used as a thick impasto or layered in thin glazes using linseed oil or Liquin. Many artist through out the ages of used it to create some of the most famous works in history. We will be looking at a number of famous painters.We will be focusing on two in particular, David Hummer, Jan Van Eyck and Vincent Van Gogh. Below you will find samples of their work and videos documenting their art and life. Farther down you will find the assignment and worksheets to complete the project.
Assignment:
Students will be creating a 16x20 portrait. Composition techniques such at framing, rule of thirds, or dynamic should be applied. Foreground, mid-ground, and background should also be developed in the final composition. Students will also develop highlights, mid-tones and shadows for realistic/ three dimensional effects. Color Theory concerning color mixing and toning down of paints will be reviewed. See Getting started in Painting for color theory presentations.
Learning Targets:
Students will learn how to use oil paints to create an image
Students will learn how to blend paints to create highlights, mid-tones, and shadows
Students will learn how to develop a composition using various techniques, such as rule of thirds, framing and dynamic
An article about using underpainting in your oil paintings:
http://www.jerrysartarama.com/blog/underpainting-why-you-need-to-do-it/
Materials:
Oil paint
Brushes
Canvas
Liquin
Natural Turpenoid
Cotton Rags(old tee-shirts)
Paint palette and paper base
Sketchbook and pencil
Canvas paper
Vocabulary:
Oil Paint
Binder : the substance mixed with the dry pigment which holds together (binds) the pigment colour and helps the paint to stick to the support. Our paint uses linseed oil.
Linseed Oil is used as a medium to thin paints.
Alkyd mediums: (Pronounced: al-kid) an alkyd is a synthetic resin that can be added to oil paint to speed up the drying time and used to thin out the paint.
Liquin: Winsor and Newton's alkyd we will be using in class.
Palette: holds your paint for storage and mixing.
Canvas:the surface you are painting on.
Complementary colors
Color Theory
Chiaroscuro – (Pronounced: key-ARE-oh-SCURE-oh) an Italian word meaning “light dark”. Artists such as Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci used the technique to create contrast in their paintings.
Imprimatura: Use mineral spirits mixed with oil paints to create a thin layer of under painting, use the complementary color of your image as a base color.
Colors you will need on your palette:
Cobalt Blue
Alizarin crimson
Ceruelean Blue
Yellow Ochre
Vermillion
Titanium white
The presentation I will be using in class:
Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth 1947
Wisconsin State Art and Design Standards:
B.12.6 Describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers
C.12.8 Use the natural characteristics of materials and their possibilities and limitations to create works of art
C.12.9 Use ongoing reflective strategies to assess and better understand one's work and that of others during the creative process
Art game about famous paintings
Time Frame:
3-4 weeks
Resources:
Willkemp art school glossary of terms
Chiaroscuro in Art
Painting by Vincent Van Gogh
Starry Night Sunflowers
Church at Auvers
60 minutes had a great segment about Vincent Van Gogh a couple of years ago. I am attaching a links to the two part series and a video worksheet to follow along.
60 Minutes Part 1 The life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh
60 Minutes Part 2 The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_RA_M6SjzY
Worksheets/Rubrics:
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