1. PORTRAITURE Style: Impressionism Artist: Vincent Van Gogh http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/self/gogh.self-orsay.jpg

2. Unit & Project Objectives (Also located on your project sheet) The students will… –Explore portraiture, Vincent Van Gogh, and Impressionism. –Create a self portrait in the impressionist style using oil pastels.

3. PORTRAITS Artists create portraits to express beauty, status, power, wealth, or character of their subjects. Wide range of media and techniques used: drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, etc. Some artists create realistic images while others simplify the shapes and colors for a more abstract, dramatic effect. Artists sometimes include backgrounds, locations, objects, or other people in their portraits to show importance. www.artyfactory.com

4. Common characteristics? http://www.artquotes.net/masters/picasso/picasso_selfport1907.jpg

5. http://www.artsconnected.org http://upload.wikimedia.orghttp://www.artsconnected.org

6. Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1.Describe this painting. What do you see? 2.How do you think this person feels? Why do you think this? 3.What is the mood of this piece? 4.What message do you think the artist was trying to communicate to the viewer? 5.Predict who this person might be, or why they might be important based on your observations. http:// www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/holbein/gisze.jpg

7. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vermeer/

9. Style: IMPRESSIONISM Metropolitan Museum of Art IMPRESSIONISM exhibitMetropolitan Museum of Art IMPRESSIONISM exhibit CHARACTERISTICS of IMPRESSIONISM –Landscapes and everyday scenes or activities –Short, wavy brushstrokes, energetic brushstrokes\ –Calm, relaxing mood –Complimentary colors

10. Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh GALLERY *Write down the characteristics you observe CHARACTERISTICS of SELF PORTRAITS –Portraits/self-portraits –Flowers –Landscapes –Complimentary colors