1. The Still Life “I WILL ASTONISH PARIS WITH AN APPLE.” -PAUL CEZANNE

3. Pieter Claesz, Still Life with Wine Glass and Silver Bowl, c 1630, Staatliche Museum, Berlin Dutch Vanitas Paintings

4. Some hints…..  Highlights and shadows add depth  Wayne Theibaud (1920)

5. While others saw fruit on a table, Cezanne saw SHAPES. “Reproduce nature in terms of the cylinder and the sphere and the cone.”

6. Negative Space is a Positive Thing…  Use it to help find shape relationship.

7. Cropping suggests more space..

8. Requirements/Steps  FIRST: Make 3 thumbnail sketches exploring the best composition. You must have the image running off of at least 3 of the sides.  SECOND : gather drawing board and suface- SKETCH image onto surface  THIRD: Do not get out paints until the first two steps are completed.

9. While painting:  Work BACK to FRONT  Work Dark to LIGHT