Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh

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

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Todays Lesson

• Line
• Movement
• Exploring a new technique for color
• Project Crayon Resist

Vincent Van Gogh
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Van Goghs Life

• Born 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.

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Vincent Van Goghs Art
Guess how many paintings sold during his life?
Guess how much some of his paintings sold for
after his death?
Irises
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
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Impressionism

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

• Dabs of intense color
• Short and wide lines (visible brush strokes)
• Visual impression
• Overall effects rather than details
• Unmixed primary colors
• Use of light and movement

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Vocabulary Definitions

• Line 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.

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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.

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Van Goghs A Field of Poppies
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Van Goghs Landscape with Carriage and Train
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Van Goghs The Olive Trees
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Van Goghs Wheat Field with Cypress
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Van Goghs A Sidewalk Café at Night
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Van Goghs Peach Blossom in the Crau, (1889)
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Van Goghs 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.

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What We Will Be Doing

• Draw a Starry Night scene with a crayon (black,
  dark blue, violet, orange, yellow, white 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 most of your paper with your sky design.

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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 landscape
  silhouette. Try trees, buildings, landmarks,
  mountains, cactus.