Color That Sings Day 4

Master Study and Translation

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

Manet Monet Van Gogh

What is ‘style’ ?

HiroshigeRembrandt Manet

Each artist in a ‘dialog’ with the past.

TitianGauguinManetRamos

Master studies are a way to learn technique in the service of different styles.

• Max Beckmann

• Alexei Jawlensky

• AmedeoModigliani

• Diego Rivera

After Leonardo’s Last Supper

Portrait in a style after Thomas Gainsborough and Richard Diebenkorn

Elinor Schnarr

MASTER STUDY ASSIGNMENT

copy a painting and pay attention (1) COLOR AND (2) COMPOSITION

choose something easy to draw but challenging to paint

THEN DO A SECOND PAINTING:

Your own composition and subject matter

But use the color palette of the master you just studied

A master study allows you the chance to try on a different hat

(Student study of David Park)

A master study allows you to speak to an artist “ancestor.”

(Student study of Kathe Kollwitz)

study of Georgia O’Keefe and 3 responses

study of Richard Diebenkorn and responseLyndsay Erickson

Study of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and student response

Study of Emile Nolde and student response

Study of Georgia O’Keeffe and student response

Study of Charles Demuth and student response

Winslow Homer and student response

Study of Amadeo ModiglianiSelf-portrait by Marissa Geoffrey

Study of Kazimir Malevich

Van GoghBy Becke Aller

Gauguin

Adding green to skin color is a good trick to make it feel more lively

Lucian Freud

Skin is greasy, so skin also reflects the colors around it

Can you see the green?

Peter Paul Rubens

Alexei von Jawlensky

Skin color can be anything you want it to be.