Starting With Color

Here's a copy of our COLOR VOCAB SHEET and COLOR WHEEL.... We will us these terms and color relationships in talking about our work.

SARGENT's clever use of brushstrokes...

John S. Sargent, (1856 -1925) an American portrait painter, is known for his increadible control and use of brush strokes. His paintings look smooth, elegant and REAL- but are constructed of large shapes of color....look closely at the paintings to see the pattern of brushmarks used to create the image.

See more of his work here....

REMBRANDT's self portraits

Long considered the MASTER of portraits, Rembrandt has a lot to show us...

look how he lets the shadows swallow up details...

look how the background changes to push the subject forward (with contrast)

look how the light is from one side only...

See more of his work here...