Vincent Van Gogh

Born: March 30,1863Died: July 29,1890

Today’s Lesson

Line MovementExploring a new technique for colorProject: Arizona Starry Night Crayon Resist

Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh’s LifeBorn in Holland in 1853.

Art and religion were the 2 occupations to which the Van Gogh family gravitated.

He went to Paris at 16 to assist an art dealer, began making sketches, and his interest in art began.

He began to paint gloomy scenes including thatched huts, peasants and workers.

He later lightened up his artwork after studying Japanese prints.

In 1886 he moved in with his supportive brother Theo in Paris, where he met many other leading Impressionism artists.

He began painting in his own style characterized by lively brushstrokes and bright, clashing colors.

He is now regarded as one of the most profoundly influential artists of the 19th century.

Vincent Van Gogh’s Art

Irises

Guess how much some of his paintings sold for after his death?

Guess how many paintings sold during his life?

Portrait of Dr. Gachet

Impressionism

Dabs of intense colorShort and wide lines (visible brush strokes)Visual impression

• Overall effects rather than details

Unmixed primary colorsUse of light and movement

Captured moments of everyday life outside the studio, much like a photograph

Vocabulary DefinitionsLine: A continuous mark with length and direction, created by a point that moves across a surface. Lines can be 2-dimensional (a pencil line on paper), 3-dimensional (wire) or implied (the line formed where two different colors or shapes meet).

Movement: A way of combining visual elements to produce the illusion of action.

Vocabulary Definitions (cont.)

Color: Hues in the spectrum

Resist: Oil or wax used - do not mix with water. Will block out areas of a surface so it is not colored by dye, paint, varnish, acid, etc.

Van Gogh’s A Field of Poppies

Van Gogh’s Landscape with Carriage and Train

Van Gogh’s The Olive Trees

Van Gogh’s Wheat Field with Cypress

Van Gogh’s A Sidewalk Café at Night

Van Gogh’s Peach Blossom in the Crau, (1889)

Van Gogh’s Starry Night

Oil painting of a night sky.

The sky is large and wide.

Swirls roll from left to right between the stars, and seem to pull streaks of color along with them.

What We Will Be DoingDraw an Arizona Starry Night scene with a crayon (black, dark blue, violet, orange, yellow and green work best).

Start by drawing swirls, curls, moon, stars and other sky patterns on the top 2/3 of the dark blue paper, using circular, sweeping, fast motions. Press hard without breaking the crayon.

Continue drawing more lines and patterns around the shapes you just drew. Leave a small space of paper showing between any two crayon marks. Fill up the entire 2/3 of paper with your sky design.

What We Will Be Doing (cont.)

Dip paint brush into very diluted white paint and drag the brush from one side to the other across the top. Dip again, slightly overlap and paint across the second row. Continue to the bottom.

From the black paper, cut an Arizona landscape silhouette. Try trees, buildings, landmarks, mountains, cactus.