13. Weir-Twachtman-Cassatt Assignments
Part I - The Artists and Foundational Principles
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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 duet between the two.
Twachtman – Illuminated Memory
• Do not be held hostage to a photograph.
• If using a photograph, make drawing studies and colors studies, then put the photo away.
• Paint your naive impression, using a thought poem, paint from hope. Paint it as a mood prayer.
Cassatt –Fluid Lines Caressing Fields of Color
• Create a still life or landscape
• Using a base of expressive fluid lines (the line becomes the edging to connect the fields of colors).
• Layout large fields of transparent colors, followed by smaller patches of opaque colors followed by expressive layered brushstrokes.
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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.
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15. Matisse-Derain-Kandinsky Assignments
Matisse – Line to Design
Line crosses over itself creates form. Form is the beginning of design which is a combination of positive and negative shapes. Draw on paper a place you love (an interior or landscape) using outlines. Exaggerate, augment, and poeticize the forms, then transfer the drawing...
