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George Rodrigue
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The artist painted himself as Blue Dog on his wedding day
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This one is titled “Loupgarou”.This is aspooky creature of Urban Legend in the swamps of LouisianaDoes the mood of the art reflect the legend?.How do the color choices and style effect the mood?
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Sunset and Landscape
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He also incorporated other animals into his art work.
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He often dressed Blue dog
in different costumes in his art.
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Blue Dog often
represented Pop
Culture or Sports themes
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The Gallery in New Orleans
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Now it is your turn to create a BLUE DOG inspired paintingOWhat do I mean by “inspired”?OI mean that you can choose to
include the original Blue Dog in your Art and change the background to one that is your own or you can choose a different animal and draw/color it in a way that reflects Rodrigues style.
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Would you say this is a replica or a work that was inspired by the artist?
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What about
this one?
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This one? Inspired
by or replicatio
n?
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?
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4th grade art/ Blue Dog studies
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AGENDAO FIRST: develop your idea. Replica or
inspiration? What will my background be?
O Second: Sketch out your entire drawing in pencil. Do a small practice sketch on scratch paper first if needed.
O Third: outline your pencil lines in black.
O Fourth: Color with vivid colors like George would have used!
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Important Side notes:O Yes…you can!!!!!O Don’t be afraid to be unique. The
most well known people of history were a little eccentric.
O Do not be afraid to use wild color.O Color in one direction like an artist.