Sunday, April 24, 2011

Broken Color and Monet's flickering colors....

Claude Monet is credited with developing the Impressionist  painting style- a style that changed the world of art and eventually led the abstract art we see so much of today.
His technique is called "broken color" and uses overlapping  layers of scumbled or dashed clean colors. The colors, often complements, are placed together to visually blend into a new color as the viewer observes the image. The technique creates a lively, flickering effect.

Monet used his knowledge of color with painting techniques to capture a brief moment in time- the "impression" of what you see before you. He often worked outdoors, painting for a short time before changing canvases for the next "moment". After several days or weeks of working in the same location for the same brief moment, he was able to develop a completed image.

Here is a link to more info on Monet...

Check out the samples here to see his style...
The artist

"Impression, Sunrise", 1872,  oil on canvas

"Water Lilies",1920-1926, oil on canvas

"The Japanese Bridge", 1918
Monet in the bridge (painted above), in his gardens...

Friday, April 15, 2011

Peter Clive's use of color for mood

Peter Clive teaches at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Look at his use of hot and cold color to create dramatic images with psychological energy....

See more of his work and the work of his students at this LINK...



Monday, April 11, 2011

Hockney, a happy master of color and media...

The British born painter, known for his bright and energetic use of color in painting, now works on the ipad and iphone. Look at his use of COLOR in place of blacks, and his use of hot/cold and complements to render depth and form in the work.

Please visit this LINK  to see more work, and the videos of his creative process...

Here are some samples.....






an ipad "painting"

Sunday, April 3, 2011

JANET FISH

A wonderful Female American realist painter, Fish uses rich colors and lush brush work to describe modern still life paintings. She will be our inspiration for the next painting....

Here are some images of her work...


Videos of Artist about their Art

Check out this link to several short videos of artists talking about their artwork....
Lots of interesting examples of art to see and consider for yourself...

Click on this link...

Portrait Painting Grade Sheet

Here's the grade sheet to fill out ad pass in me-

Thank you!