Before they broke the rules, great artists learned the rules…
Shading Shape Proportion
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Portrait of Josefa Sabastia Membrado, 1898 Conte crayon on paper Musee Picasso, Paris Woman with a Guitar, 1913-14 Graphite on paper 63 x 47.5 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Pablo Picasso 1881-1973
Line Value Complementary Colors
Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944 Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle), 1913 Oil on canvas 55 3/8 x 47 1/8” National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Odessa – Port I, 1898 Oil on canvas 25.6x17.7” State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944
Composition Texture Repetition
Paul Cézanne 1839-1906 Still Life with Bread and Eggs, 1865 Oil on canvas 59 x 76 cm Cincinnati Art Museum Still Life with Apples and Peaches, 1905 Oil on canvas 81 x 100.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Paul Cézanne 1839-1906
Perspective Cool/Warm Colors Emphasis
JMW Turner 1775-1851 Norham Castle, Sunrise, 1798 Graphite and watercolor on paper 50.1 x 70.5 cm Tate, London Norham Castle, Sunrise, 1845 Oil on canvas 90.8 x 121.9 cm Tate, London JMW Turner 1775-1851
Art Literacy teaches the techniques that made these artists great… What will your student do with them?