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Vincent Van Gogh1853-1890
Techniques and style
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Facts of Van Gogh
• Very emotional, always showed a state of his mind in his art
• Painted all day and stayed out all night
• Mental status became unhealthy, art shows this as well
• Put himself into an asylum and when he got out of the asylum he shot himself
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His use of Color
• Color was his tool for expression
• Color was symbolic (expressed his emotions or mental states)
• Used brush strokes that were short and expressive
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How can color express an idea:
• Lighter values can express soft moodsLighter values can express soft moods
• Darker values can express angerDarker values can express anger
• Cool colors can express sadnessCool colors can express sadness
• Warm colors can express happinessWarm colors can express happiness
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Values
• What are Values?
– One of the elements of art ( tools to use in organizing your art)
– Different shades of lights and darks
– Can be expressive (tell an emotion.) look at our example.Is it sad (use of more darker tones)
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Value Scale
• In black and white….
• In Color
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Cool colors
• What can cool colors express?
• Cool colors are blues, greens and violets
• What will happen if you add white….or black….
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Painting done in cool colors…what does this show us?
• What is this about?
• How does the color relate to the topic?
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What are the warm colors?
• Reds, yellows, and oranges
• What mood can these colors express?
• What will happen if you add white….then black….
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Painting in warm colors…what does this show us?
• What is this about?
• How does the color relate to the topic?
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New Vocabulary
• Expression-Expression- to tell the viewer a story, to express an idea
• MonochromaticMonochromatic-- the use of one color family in a picture (tints and shades of that one color)
• techniquetechnique- the way you use the art material
• stylestyle- to use materials in a way to express feelings and or ideas
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What we are doing
• You are going to create a painting using the same techniques and styles of Vincent Van Gogh
• First you need to create a story about yourself, expressing an idea or emotion
• Choose a color that relates to that story or idea
• Create a value study by taking white and start adding the color you chose
• Once you get back to the base color start adding black to it
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• Picture is about a memory
• Happy or sad memory?
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• Night out in France
• Picture uses all cool colors to symbolize being relaxed
• Warm colors at the left is to symbolize being happy
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Subject matter and its relationship to color
• What is this picture about
• Look at the colors
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What we are doing
• Step One- (Complete packet)
• Create a color wheel
• Create a story for your project (theme)
• Pick a color that relates to your theme
• Create a color value scale to use on your picture (number the scale 1 through 10)
• Take color choosen and add white and black to it….
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Examples
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• Create a value scale using the color you wish to use
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examples