Art in FocusChapter 21:
New Directions in Nineteenth-Century ArtAdditional Studio ProjectsPAINTING WITH THE IMAGINATIONYou will complete a painting that extends the cut-off side of a painting by Caillebotte, Degas, or Cassatt illustrated in this chapter. Include all or part of at least one additional person in your picture. Paint your composition with acrylic or tempera using the same hues found in the painting from which you are working. Use a painting technique that matches the painting.
INSPIRATIONExamine the painting by Caillebotte, Degas, and Cassatt on pages 484, 485, and 486. Notice how each of these artists “cropped” their paintings so that important parts are missing. In Cassatt's painting, for example, the sail and oars are cut off at the left edge of the painting. What if the painting had been extended at that left side? What else might be seen?
WHAT YOU WILL NEED- Pencil and sketch paper
- Several sheets of white drawing paper, 12 × 18 inches
- Acrylic or tempera paint
- Brushes, mixing tray, and paint cloth
- Water container
WHAT YOU WILL DO- Select one of the paintings noted and complete pencil sketches that extend the right or left side of the painting. You may include as much of the original painting as you wish. Make certain to include all or part of at least one new figure in your drawing. Try to capture the same informal, unposed, feeling noted in Impressionist paintings.
- Transfer your best sketch to the sheet of white drawing paper. Make sure that your drawing fills the paper. Paint it with colors that match the colors in the picture. Also, apply your paints so that they replicate the smooth or uneven quality noted in the painting.
EVALUATING YOUR WORKDescribe Is your work a logical extension of the painting you selected to work from? Are the objects in your painting easily identified? Does your painting include all or part of at least one new figure?
Analyze Do your colors accurately match the colors used in the painting? Were those colors applied in such a way that the same smooth or uneven quality noted in the painting has been realized?
Interpret Does your work exhibit the same casual, unposed appearance evident in Impressionist paintings?
Judge What aspects of your work are you most pleased with? Do you regard it as a success? What theory or theories of art would be most appropriate to use when judging your painting?
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