Playing Card Portraits with Rouault

DISCUSSION:
Drawing facial proportions
Go over the face and details of drawing features
(for porportion details reference visit marbled portraits with Paul Klee)
Double loading the brush
Putting two colors on the brush at once and letting them mix on the page

ARTIST:
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958)
French painter
His apprenticeship in a glazier's shop restoring medieval stained glass (1885 – 90) influenced his mature style as a painter.
After an early academic period, his style evolved toward Fauvism before he established a highly personal form of Expressionism.
An ardent Roman Catholic, he painted subjects apparently fallen from grace tragic clowns, and pitiless judges.
After 1914 his subject matter became more specifically religious, with greater emphasis on redemption,
He shifted from watercolor to oil.
His layers of paint became thick and rich, his forms simplified, and his colors and black lines reminiscent of stained glass.
In the 1930s he produced a splendid series on Christ's Passion, while reworking many earlier paintings.
His series of clowns in the 1940s are virtual self-portraits.
He also produced many engravings as well as ceramics, tapestry designs, and stained glass.
for additional information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Rouault

PROJECT:
Step1: using black paint begin painting your card Fill the space
DO NOT USE PENCIL, MISTAKES ARE WELCOME.
Step2: paint hair, paint the face, paint all the details on the clothing
Step3: using the six colors provided DOUBLE DIP your brush each time and let the paint mix on the page
Step4: fill in the card image including the background
Step5: last: go over each line again with the black paint

MATERIALS:
Thick large paper
Paint
Brushes
Water
2 decks of cards
Paint templates

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