Picasso Cubism Guitars

RECAP: Blind Contour Drawing

DISCUSSION: abstract art: last week when we saw the flowers did we have any problem deciding they were flowers? Was there a question in our minds about what they were?

Show Picasso's Three Musicians Now look at this piece? what is it?

where is it?

what do you think you see?

Cubism: objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context

Drawing the same object from several perspectives

What is perspective (viewpoint)

Shade and Tint: light and dark. show them how to add in blocks (like a map) to add in these details

ARTIST: Pablo Picasso 

(25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973)

He was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor.  

He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles throughout his work 

Picasso demonstrated uncanny artistic talent in his early years, 

He painted in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence; 

During the first decade of the twentieth century his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. 

Picasso’s creativity manifested itself in many mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawing, and architecture. 

His revolutionary artistic accomplishments brought him universal renown and immense fortunes.

He is the best-known figure in twentieth century art.

PROJECT: you will have to move around the room for this project. 

Step1: using the BLIND CONTOUR TECH. from last week, draw the guitar from where you are seated

take a moment at each step to see the light and dark areas of the guitar. add in 

Step2: Switch places with a friend, and repeat the first step again drawing right on top of the first

take a moment at each step to see the light and dark parts of our guitar 

Step3: repeat step 2.

take a moment at each step to see the light and dark parts of our guitar 

Step4: using Multi Media (newspapers, oil pastels, chalk pastels, markers, paint, fabric) begin to fill in each shape. remember lines from last week. all wavy line in one shape could be interesting.

Step5: continue to add until you feel the project is complete

MATERIALS: 

Thick paper Card stock or bristol board

mixed media, newspaper, fabric, paint, oil and chalk pastels

glue

scissors

pencils

sharpies

Warm and Cool Blind Contour Grid Drawings with Van Gogh

PREPARATION: print or have the students draw in grid lines on heavy card stock or tag board

DISCUSSION: Line can you have a piece of art without line?

Contour line? what does contour mean? Outside line

Think of a coloring book you can’t color in a stick figure

Blind Contour drawing? what could that mean? Drawing without looking at your paper. 

it is the best way to draw because you are drawing with your eyes, not your brain.

Let’s try it:

Rules for blind contour:

the drawings are timed and we will start with one minute drawings

Pick a point at the top of the flowers let your eyes move all around the contour line 

As your eye moves you should also move your hand holding the charcoal pencil. 

Don’t look at your paper only the flowers as your time starts and your hand begins to move

Don’t pick up your pencil at any time

Don’t stop drawing until the one minute time is called 

If your drawing ends up looking more like a wrecked car than a person…don’t panic…have fun and keep practicing.

We will do this three times until you get the hang of it

Our last drawing will be done on grid tag board/card stock

Quick 2nd Discussion: Van Gogh, warm and cool colors and Prints

Show his Sunflowers

open a discussion

why is it so famous?

what do you like about the work?

how many different colors did he use for the piece?

MONOchromatic: MONO means ONE.

Warm and cool colors: 

warm colors make up half the color wheel. they are red, yellow and oragnge

they make us warmer, excited and energized

cool colors make up the other half of the wheel: blue, green, purple

they make us cooler, relaxed and somber

ARTIST: VAN GOGH

Vincent  van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890)

Dutch Post-Impressionist painter 

Known for his  vivid colors and emotional impact. 

Known for his paint application creating texture and movement.

died largely unknown, at the age of 37

sold only one painting while he was alive

Oil Pastels: They are like Crayons but they are made with oil not wax so they are more easily blended. Press harder for more oil like results.

PROJECT:

Using your best blind contour drawing from earlier

Step1: grab your tag board with the blind contour flowers

Step2: fill in the gridded flowers with WARM colors making sure that every time you cross a line you change to a new warm color.  (you can use all yellows but you need to have three or four different shades)

Step3: Complete the flowers using all WARM COLORS

Step4: Fill in the gridded background with all COOL colors making sure that every time you cross a line you change to a new warm color.  (you can use all blues but you need to have three or four different shades)

Step5: Complete the background using all COOL colors

Step6: look at your piece and fill in, blend and create to make a artistic finished piece.

Step7: if time allows you could also paint one of your blind contour drawings 

MATERIALS: Tag board or card stock

Oil pastels in at least 16 different colors

Pencils

Copy paper

Color play with Gerard Richter

PREPARATION: cut and Glue all paper frames prior to class

DISCUSSION: Color

Where does it come from?

What are the three primary colors?

How do we make red?

What are the 3 secondary colors?

What are the two most important neutrals?

What does white do to colors?

What does black do to colors?

Richter loves to play with color and the best example of this is in his work

The Dresden painter's 4900 Colors contains precisely that: 196 equal-sized panels, 

each containing 25 individual squares of color. 

49 paintings of 100 squares. 

To randomly determine the order and orientation of each panel, the curators rolled dice and drew cards from a pack.

ARTIST: 

Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932) 

 German visual artist.

Known for his blurred painting of photographs

Known for abstract paintings of pulled paint

 

for additional discussion:

Show Richter’s Abstract Art work

What do you see?

Does it look like a photograph? It is an Abstract

What does it make you think of?

Water reflections

Tree bark

Evoke textures of natural objects: reflections, shadows

What tools do painters use?

Canvas, brush paint

Where do you see layers of paint?

What order do you think he painted them in?

How do you think he created these effects?

Layers of paint scraped with a squeegee

Can an artist start a painting without knowing what they are going to create?

PROJECT: create a Richter color study on projector paper 11:45-1

PREPARATION: Cut 3 pieces of projector paper (8.5x11) into 8x8 square

Create white frame for the finish product to live in

Step1: draw lines 3 lines across, three lines down creating four open squares 

Across and down

Step2: begin to color in the square with sharpie markers making sure not to repeat colors 

Step3: repeat above steps until all three pages are filled

Step4: place the sheets together and place into white frame

Step5: show the students that every time you flip or change the order of the three pieces of art

           the art changes. 

MATERIALS:

Clear projector sheets cut to 8x8

Sharpies

White construction paper Frame

Window Suprises with Georgia O'Keeffe

Discussion: adding a house into a landscape

Landscape: what is it?

  what is the first line you draw to create a landscape?

  HORIZON LINE: what does it separate?

       does it have to be in the middle of your page?

       if the horizon line is at the top of the page (background) you will have more land then sky

       if the horizon line is at the bottom of the page (foreground) you will have more?

I am from NC and I attended college in the capital in Raleigh, NC

Right around the corner from campus is the NCMA

My favorite piece in their collection is now and will always be Georgia O'Keeffe's

Cebolla Church 

she squeezes the church into the rectangle of the canvas. 

Such brutal cropping robs the church of any sense of place.

 It is not a place but an object, not all that different from an apple on a table

Best part: what’s in the window?

What do you think it is

How is this painting different then her other work?

I love how flat the paint is not at all textured like van Gogh yesterday

What is happening in the piece?

In New Mexico

ARTIST: Georgia O’Keeffe 

(November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) 

American artist. 

O'Keeffe was a major figure in American art from the 1920s. 

She received widespread recognition for her technical contributions, as well as for challenging the boundaries of modern American artistic style. 

She is known for paintings of flowers, animal bones, and landscapes in which she synthesized abstraction and representation.

O'Keeffe played a central role in bringing an American art style to Europe at a time when the majority of influence flowed in the opposite direction. 

This feat enhanced her art-historical importance given that she was one of few women to have gained entry to this level of professional influence. 

She found artistic inspiration in the rural Southwest, particularly in New Mexico, where she settled late in life

Project: Create an O’Keeffe style home on painting paper

Step 1: draw the home

Remember to fill the page with it

Remember to add two windows

Step2: create an addition coming toward the viewer

Step3: draw the horizon line behind the home

Step4: make sure the roof angled at the top

Step5: fill in the Home with a neutral color like brown or yellow or white

Step6: fill in the roof with dark grey or black

Step7: fill in the sky and clouds

Step8: fill in the grass or ground in the foreground

Step9: add shadows on the house under roofs and windows

Step10: last: add something in the window…

Materials:

Thick paint paper

Tempera paint or acrylic in neutral colors and bright blues and greens

Brush 

Water

Pencil 

ADDITIONS: if there time at the end of class or during your recap at your next class you could allow each child to tell what the secret in their window is...

Repousse' sculpture with Georgia O'Keeffe

PREPARATION: cut foil, drawing paper and foam core to the same size before class begins. 6"x6" squares are ideal for this project.

Discussion: Form 

Form: to give shape to a thing or person

Sculpture

What is sculpture made from? wood, metal, plaster, wax, 

Repousse’: a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side

The word repoussé is French and means "pushed up", 

Repoussage is actually the correct noun to refer to the technique, with repoussé

being an adjective referring to a piece to which the technique has been applied

English it has become common to use repoussé as a noun, and this usage is reflected in this article.

Most Famous Sculpture done with this technique? Statue of Liberty in New York

ARTIST: Georgia O’Keeffe 

(November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) 

American artist. 

O'Keeffe was a major figure in American art from the 1920s. 

She received widespread recognition for her technical contributions, as well as for challenging the boundaries of modern American artistic style. 

She is known for paintings of flowers, animal bones, and landscapes in which she synthesized abstraction and representation.

O'Keeffe played a central role in bringing an American art style to Europe at a time when the majority of influence flowed in the opposite direction. 

This feat enhanced her art-historical importance given that she was one of few women to have gained entry to this level of professional influence. 

She found artistic inspiration in the rural Southwest, particularly in New Mexico, where she settled late in life

Project: Create O’Keeffe Flowers as relief sculpture on tooling foil 9:30-10:30

Step 1: On paper, Using one minute  Blind Contour, practice drawing the group of flowers     Repeat 3-5 times

Step2: pick your favorite drawing of all the flowers or one flower

Step3: Tape drawing to 6" square of tooling foil (aluminum, copper or brass).

Step 4: Lay on pad of newspaper (or foam pads, if available).

Step 5: Trace over all lines with a ball point pen or popsicle stick - Remove drawing from foil.

Step 6: The Tool flower is in relief from back side - repoussee.

Step 7: Turn back over to front side and refine edges of flower.

Step 8: Add any textural effects desired.

Step 9: Color with permanent markers.

Step 10: adhere to same size cardboard or foam core

Materials:

Flowers or silk flowers. 

Square paper for blind contour drawings

Square tooling foil (or any desired size). 

Masking tape

Ball point pens or Popsicle sticks

Newspaper pads 

Permanent markers

Foam Core cut to the same size as the foil 6"x6" squares are ideal