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

Textured Relief Sculpture with Van Gogh

    

Allow 15 minutes for several days/weeks of art class to complete this project

DISCUSSION:

Texture

What is texture?

Where do we find it in nature?

Where do we see it in life everyday?

How can it help us?

Where do we see it in art?

Relief Sculpture

       what is it?

       where do you see it?

       it usually tells a story

       what would you find on the back of relief sculpture?

Project: 11:30-1

Step1: look through the books on Van Gogh and choose your favorite piece

Step2: get a hunk of clay

Step3: using your hand, warm it up by just moving it through your fingers

Step4: begin the process of rolling it out with your hands

Step5: flatten the clay and create a square or rectangle

Step6: with a toothpick begin to draw out your van Gogh piece in the clay

Step7: draw it all in with line

Step8: now go back and look at the texture of the piece

Step9: using different tools recreate the texture in to your clay drawing

Day 2: (or week 2)

Your RELIEF sculpture is now leather hard

Leather hard means harder then yesterday but you can still make changes

Step1: using sculpture tools from yesterday, carve out additional details

Add more texture, make details deeper, etc.

Day 3 (week 3)

At this stage the clay will be completely hardened

Paint the clay with acrylic paints

Day 4 (week 4)

Finish the piece by adding a gloss coat over the paint. Modge Podge is a great option. 

Adaptations: 

If a kiln is available you would bisque fire after week two and glaze fire after the third week. 

MATERIALS:

1 pound of clay per child

assorted tools to add texture

  straws

  plastic forks and knives

  tooth picks

Acrylic paint

Modge Podge

  

Picasso Collage Portraits

DISCUSSION/Drawing: Portrait Drawing with Picasso

Portrait: what does the word mean?

Is it a picture of a barn? Or landscape?

Proportion? What does it mean?

Why when we are talking about portraits would proportion be important?

Collage: what is it?

               how is it created?

FIRST: Use our paper to draw a face how you draw it now.

Color it in with oil pastels

Second: Go over proper proportion and how to draw a correct face

Draw a new face with the information you have just been given

Color with oil pastels

Third: Show them a Picasso Face. 

What is different about this face

Color

Proportion

Perspective

Draw a Picasso face and color in with oil pastels

ARTIST: 

Pablo Picasso 

(25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973)

He was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. 

He is one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art. 

He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in 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 numerous mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawing, etc.

His revolutionary artistic accomplishments brought him immense fortunes throughout his life.

PROJECT: Create one face using all three 

Step1: Cut out each facial feature from all three faces

Step2: Place them into piles in the middle of the table

Step3: Draw a circle/shape for a head on your paper

Step4: Begin choosing new features for your face and paste them on

Step5: you could have one big eye or three eyes

Your nose could become a mouth or live on top of your head

Step6; Continue adding until you have a full Picasso face

Step7: Fill in with any color in oil pastels

MATERIALS:

White paper

Oil pastels

Scissors

Glue sticks