still life painting arts
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Still life painting
(Painting of objects)
What is it?
• Still life is defined as a collection of inanimate objects arranged together in a specific way.
• The magic of still life paintings is that they
can show us a new way of looking at the ordinary objects around us. Once they are placed into a specific arrangement and then captured in paint, the light and and shades.
Most important examples
• 16th century in Netherlands
Georg Flegel
• 17th Century
Jacques de Gheyn: Vanitas
• 17th century in Spain: Francisco de Zurbarán
• 19th Century: Paul Cezanne
Techniques
• In order to reflect light and create volume in the fruit we can follow this example:
Look carefully at the light and dark parts and look at how the coloured pencil is used.
STILL LIFE
VALUE IN COLOR SCALE
TINT/ LIGHTER
+ WHITE
SHADE/ DARKER
+ BLACK