11. Renoir-Morisot-Degas Assignments
Part I - The Artists and Foundational Principles
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Renoir: Fall in Love
Select a high rez image.
Select and study a Renoir piece; note what you find delightful about it.
Consider copying a small section from his work.
From your insights gained and in your Journal, reflect upon what is beauty.
Write your own definition of it.
This is the well you will dip into; here is where you will draw and paint from going forward – on what is beauty.
Morisot: Impressionistic brushstrokes in color.
Select a high rez image.
Look into the canvas – examine her brushstrokes from the surface strokes, the middle layers, and then into the initial stained strokes.
Of her works, study her color combinations. Create a palette from her colors used in one piece.
Create a work using her various brushstrokes and color palette.
Degas: Balanced the Mystery and Technical
Think about your % ratio of science and poetry.
Select a still life, draw or paint 50% of it accurately as possible (as fact, science), the rest with feeling (express how does the object feel.)
Draw or paint the same but change the ratio. 25% science/75% poetry.
Reverse it. See the difference between the 3 pieces. Which % fits you best?
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12. Sargent -Chase -Hassam Assignments
Sargent – A 3-step Layering Painting Process
There is a freshness in his work. Copy or use one of his works. Simplify it first.
Do it in stages. After the drawing, layout the 3 layers of paint
• Layout a thin watercolor-like wash as the foundation
• Add a layer of Intermediate paint.
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13. Weir-Twachtman-Cassatt Assignments
Weir - Paint your legacy.
• Let your nature reveal nature.
• What do you want to leave for others? Draw or paint a legacy landscape.
• Painting is an extension of yourself. Focus on the brushstrokes and light, the light on the subject at the moment, or the light within your heart, often it is a... -
14. van Gogh-Cezanne-Bonnard Assignments
van Gogh –Line Choreography
Study his drawings’ line choreography for they mirror his brushstroke choreography. He was passionate, painted colorfully and quickly yet when looking at his drawings, they indicate that he practiced how he was going to approach expressing the image.
Select your fav...
