The start of a new term is always exciting and everyone was ready to get back to drawing and painting.
This term I started off with charcoal excercises using 2 figurative artists who's lifetimes overlap but who's styles are completly different. Matisse, one of the fathers of modernism and Hammershoi, a Danish artist who's influences include Vermeer.
I wanted my students first to start with a line drawing so turned to a sketch by Matisse. Very stylised with beautiful flowing lines. (Much discussion was had on whether she was naked or not!!
Good for hand to eye co ordination! Then I wanted them to look at shading and proportion using not only the meassurements of the figure but the room and objects in it to help them and gave them a painting by Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershoi. They could use the painting, urn and dado rails to help measure out the figure. Also they could have fun with the dark dress.
Some examples of their work are below.
Also some went on to experiment with charcoal further with trees and flowers, looking at tonal values and negative spaces. It was fascinating to compare the different styles and to see how everyone handled a medium they don't usually use. I think you will agree that they all did an AMAZING JOB!
This term I started off with charcoal excercises using 2 figurative artists who's lifetimes overlap but who's styles are completly different. Matisse, one of the fathers of modernism and Hammershoi, a Danish artist who's influences include Vermeer.
I wanted my students first to start with a line drawing so turned to a sketch by Matisse. Very stylised with beautiful flowing lines. (Much discussion was had on whether she was naked or not!!
Good for hand to eye co ordination! Then I wanted them to look at shading and proportion using not only the meassurements of the figure but the room and objects in it to help them and gave them a painting by Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershoi. They could use the painting, urn and dado rails to help measure out the figure. Also they could have fun with the dark dress.
Some examples of their work are below.
Also some went on to experiment with charcoal further with trees and flowers, looking at tonal values and negative spaces. It was fascinating to compare the different styles and to see how everyone handled a medium they don't usually use. I think you will agree that they all did an AMAZING JOB!
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