1. van Gogh to your room

2. PLACE  How might a place inspire an artist?  How do artists represent places?  Why do artists represent places?  What types of things would be in your personal place? (Think about colors, lines, objects, etc.) Questions from: http://www.lacma.org/Places/index.htm

3. Here is a short video about Vincent van Gogh (click on the image below)

4. Bedroom at Arles (first version), 1888 Images from : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/VanGogh_Bedroom_Arles.jpg

5. Bedroom at Arles (second version), 1889 Images from : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/VanGogh_Bedroom_Arles.jpg

6. Bedroom at Arles (third version), 1889 Images from : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/VanGogh_Bedroom_Arles.jpg

7. Tell me some the things that are the same and are different in van Gogh’s three version of his bedroom at Arles.

8. One-Point Perspective  Creating the illusion of three dimensions on a two dimensional surface from one point in space  Bedroom at Arles is created using one- point perspective

9. First find your vanishing point … this is the point that your floorboards, wall-windows and doors will be guided from To create a window, the top and bottom frames should go straight toward your one-point. Finally, your vertical lines should be parallel with the side of the paper.

10. Creating a window in one-point perspective Animation from: http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/

11. To create floorboards, all lines must be drawn into the vanishing point. Animation from: http ://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/

12. A contemporary artist dealing with personal place: Andrea Zittel Still from “Sufficient Self”, 2004, showing “Wagon Station”, 2003, Powder coated steel, mdf, aluminum, lexan.

13. Here is a short video on one of Zittel’s pieces. (click on the image above)

14. Mixed media  Using a variety of materials to create a work of art  You will get to use pencils, wallpaper, watercolors, crayons, Sharpies, collage with catalogs and construction paper to create a bedroom (or personal place) in one-point perspective

15. Here are some past student samples…