Impasto Painting

Lesson 1

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Palette Knife Impasto - Watch short video of Gerhard Richter painting impasto layers as well as a blending with a palette knife video

Waihanga-Create-Act Using a primary colour palette and white, use a palette knife to apply layers of thick paint and mix colour on the support. Make several attempts.

Lesson 2

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Blocking Impasto Video - Drawing an object’s internal shape (cross contour lines), then

Waihanga-Create-Act painting impasto blocks of primary or secondary colour. Add apple colour (lighter, warmer) and shadow colour (darker, cooler).

Lesson 3

Ako-Learn-Know Listen to and read (subtitles) video on Meaning of Impasto with your teacher, then complete a Dot-to-Dot making connections worksheet titled Dot-to-Dot Van Gogh

Open your 7Art or 8Art folder in your Google Drive. Read the Doc titled Van Gogh’s Impasto Technique 2

Tohatoha-Share-Value Copy your answers from the worksheet and post these to your blog labelled "Art-Van Gogh Impasto"

Lesson 4

Waihanga-Create-Act Draw a portion of a Van Gogh painting onto wet cartridge paper. Estimate the position, direction and shape of the the subject matter. (vase of sunflowers). Take note of the changes of colour and the value (light or dark) quality of the colour. Notice the direction and size of the brushstrokes.

Paint the section of the painting you have given using thick brushstrokes.

Additional Information on Mixing colours from primary colours: yellow, red, blue

Lessons 5

Ako-Learn-Know Review the section of Van Gogh's Sunflowers that you are working on. Notice the following:

Colour of green background and and browns on table and on the centre of the sunflower. Us a cool yellow and the lighter blue to mix the green.
Direction and texture of the brushstrokes. Try to imitate these, please.
Width of brushstrokes: some are made with a flat brush and others are made with smaller rounds.

Waihanga-Create-Act

Mix several of the colours you see in the section of your painting. Green = Mix Yellow + Blue. Brown= Mix Orange (yellow + red) + Blue
Take note of the changes of colour and the value (light or dark) quality of the colour. Notice the direction and size of the brushstrokes.
Paint the background first to help define the shapes of the positive forms.
You can paint over what you need to adjust later.

Lesson 6

Tohatoha-Share-Value Photograph your section of the Van Gogh painting and your small section the painting your are matching. Post these photographs to your blog.

Identify the parts of the painting your are working on: are there sunflowers, green leaves, the green background, the vase, or table top visible in your fragment?
How well did match the texture of Van Gogh's painting?
How well did you match the colour of Van Gogh's painting.

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