Still Life Mixed Media Project Overview 1 Look

Still Life Mixed Media Project Overview 1. Look at the work of two artists 2. Create a composition of fruit and photograph 3. Create a tonal drawing of your fruit in pencil 4. Two different colour media drawings of fruit 5. Evaluate your work

Write today’s date and the title on the top of a new page, neatly underlined: Still Life Today’s learning intentions: …understand how artists select subjects for their paintings. …be able to critically evaluate the work of artists. …know how to create an effective still life composition.

Still Life …is a style of artwork. What kind of art do you think it is?

Still life is simply a painting or drawing of objects = the subject matter is inanimate objects rather than living things, such as in portraits. What are the subject matters in these paintings? Which is a still life?

Sometimes still life paintings are groups of natural objects: food, flowers, fruits, vegetables for example. Sometimes they are paintings of groups of objects made by people, for example: cooking pots, bottles, clothing, household objects

Realistic Detail Colour When you paint or draw a still life, you will see things your own way; one person might be fascinated by the detail … another might notice the shapes more … and another person might be more interested in the colours. Other people inject huge meaning and symbolism into their still life artwork. Shape … … Negative space

Here are some still life artists. Think about … What do you like about their paintings? What colours have they used? What have they included in their still life art? What could you use that they have done in your still life art? example. . Colours, lines or tones/shading.

Still life is an important type of art. We can tell a lot about how people lived from still life paintings prior to the invention of the camera! ‘Still Life’ by Paul Cézanne 1883 -87 ‘Still Life with Drinking Horn’ by Willem Kalf Approx. 1653

Difference Still life paintings Difference Similarity Difference ‘Still Life’ by Paul Cézanne, 1883 -87 Similarity ‘Still Life with Drinking Horn’ by Willem Kalf, approx. 1653 Difference

Difference Still life paintings Difference Similarity Difference ‘Still Life’ by Paul Cézanne, 1883 -87 Similarity ‘Still Life with Drinking Horn’ by Willem Kalf, approx. 1653 What subject matter has the artist painted? Who would live in a house like this? What would they be like? Are they rich or poor? What is the mood of the painting? Why do you think this? How would you describe the textures in this painting? How would you describe the painting style? Why do you think they painted in this way? Which painting do you prefer? Why? Difference

Painting or photograph?

Think about answers to these questions. If I were inside this painting…. I would feel…………. I could smell…………… I would meet………………. . I would hear……………… I would move like………. . I would touch……. . I would hide in…… I would become……. My colours would be………