Paint+Still+Life+&+Landscape

Painting - Still Life and Landscape

Hasegawa - Pine Trees

Corot - the Rising Path

Key Concept: landscape, composition, painting

Objective: Students will: a) Paint a landscape b) Pick a landscape of their choice to paint in a style of the artist mentioned above or in a style of art they chose.

Procedure: a) thumbnails in paint to arrive at value and color scale b) thumbnail to arrive at composition c) paint landscape, no drawing before hand d) paint landscape in a chosen style point of departure

Artists: Wolf Kahn, Wayne Thiebaud, April Gornic, Louisa McElwain, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh Materials: Photo references provided by students, canvas, paint, brushes, water, paper 6x9

Assessment: a) Tie into objectives b) Handling of paint c) composition d) creative point of departure

See www.mhsgallerymac.wikispaces.com for artist.

Key Concept: Style - Understanding by doing

Objective: S.W. a) Paint the same landscape in an artists style.

Procedure: a) intro b) research an artist concentrating on style and brush stroke and composition c) Practice and reproduce based upon previous landscape.

Artists: see gallery Materials: see above

Assessment: See above