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SUBJECT: THE COLOR IN THE IMAGE

EXERCISE:

Work in partners:

1.   Choose an impressionist painter and one of his famous art works and make and study of it. Emphasize the use of the color as is one of the special characteristics of the Impresionism.

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY FOR ART

What is your opinion of the painting? 
Why? Evaluation

What ways would you render the subject differently? Synthesis
Explain what you think the artist is trying to
say about the subject matter. Analysis

If you could interview the artist, what
questions would you ask? Application

What is the subject or theme? Understanding

Describe the painting. Knowledge

Looking at Art: Seeing Questions

When looking at a work of art, students might be asked to:

Describe it.

What kinds of things do you see in this painting? What else do you see?

What words would you use to describe this painting? What other words might we use?

How would you describe the lines in this picture? The shapes? The colors? What does this painting show?

Look at this painting for a moment. What observations can you make about it?

How would you describe this painting to a person who could not see it?

How would you describe the people in this picture? Are they like you or different?

How would you describe (the place depicted in) this painting?

Relate it.

What does this painting remind you of?

What things do you recognize in this painting? What things seem new to you?

How is this painting like the one we just saw? What are some important differences?

What do these two paintings have in common?

How is this picture different from real life?

What interests you most about this work of art?

Analyze it.

Which objects seems closer to you? Further away?

What can you tell me about the colors in this painting?

What color is used the most in this painting?

What makes this painting look crowded?

What can you tell me about the person in this painting?

What can you tell me about how this person lived? How did you arrive at that idea?

What do you think is the most important part of this picture?

How do you think the artist made this work?

What questions would you ask the artist about this work, if s/he were here?

Interpret it.

What title would you give to this painting? What made you decide on that title?

What other titles could we give it?

What do you think is happening in this painting? What else could be happening?

What sounds would this painting make (if it could)?

What do you think is going on in this picture? How did you arrive at that idea?

What do you think this painting is about? How did you come up that idea?

Pretend you are inside this painting. What does it feel like?

What do you think this (object) was used for? How did you arrive at that idea?

Why do you suppose the artist made this painting? What makes you think that?

What do you think it would be like to live in this painting? What makes you think that?

Evaluate it.

What do you think is good about this painting? What is not so good?

Do you think the person who painted this do a good or bad job? What makes you think so?

Why do you think other people should see this work of art?

What do you think other people would say about this work? Why do you think that?

What grade would you give the artist for this work? How did you arrive at that grade?

What would you do with this work if you owned it?

What do you think is worth remembering about this painting?

 

EXERCISE:

 1. What does these sentences refers to? Look for the images in the web.

The artist painted this self portrait shortly after the death of his friend, it was the beginning of his ‘Blue’ period of painting.

The artist tragically died at the age of 26, this self portrait reflects his drug addiction and frenzied lifestyle.

This self portrait has been likened to the face of a dead man.

The artist was the most famous Mexican artist.

The artist said “ I have never considered my works as being disturbing” the viewers did!

The artist recently sold this self portrait for £198,000 most of his work can be found on walls!

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS ARTIST?

PICTURE DICTATION

Exercise 1.

Read the following text with special attention to the new vocabulary.

You have to draw and design the image it suggests.

Do not look at the picture itself till you have made your own composition.

PICTURE DICTATION

THE BEDROOM

Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

Oil on canvas

  This painting that I am describing to you is a room painting.

We can see the perspective of a bedroom, so that we can divide the paper in three walls and the floor.

  The most important piece of furniture in the bedroom is, as you can imagine, the bed. It is in the right hand side of the image above the floor.

       The horizon line is in the middle of the page. From there down in the page is a warm brown floor and in the upper side is the back wall where we can appreciate a big green window that is not still opened. 

     On both sides of the window there are two objects. On its right side there is a picture while on the left side there is a small rectangular mirror. Perhaps it is the mirror where the owner shaves himself as we can see down it a bedside with some instruments.

   On the right wall there are four other pictures placed over the bed, in perspective as well.

   On the left wall, there are a hanging towel and an old-fashioned chair which is almost in the forefront. Furniture in the back is smaller than in the front as perspective laws describes.

   The whole room is framed on both sides with two big doors we are not allowed to see entirely.

     Just beside the bed there is another similar yellow chair and behind it hidden for the big bed, some coats hangs from a rack.

   Although there is not any character in the picture, this painting is considered a self- portrait because it represents the state of mind of the author. He wanted to convey the sensation of calmness and the simplicity of a room through the use of vivid colors:

    Walls are light violet, the floor is in fade brown, the bed is made in wood, its color is brown and pillows and sheets over there are light yellow while the blanket is in strong red.

The title of the painting is “The bedroom”. It was painted by

An impressionist painter named Vincent Van Gogh. We can find this painting in the Orsay Museum in Paris.

VOCABULARY you have to explain first

In the right hand side/ horizon line/ bedside/old-fashioned/ framed/ beside / hidden/ self-portrait/ state of mind/ convey/ pillows and sheets.

Do you like Graffiti?

http://www.sabotajealmontaje.com/
In this web page you can see some pictures made by a Canarian artist called Matias Mata. His work is related with the graffiti and you can see his particular use of color there. Enjoy it!