Vincent Van Gogh1853-1890

Techniques and style

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

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

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

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)

Value Scale

• In black and white….

• In Color

Cool colors

• What can cool colors express?

• Cool colors are blues, greens and violets

• What will happen if you add white….or black….

Painting done in cool colors…what does this show us?

• What is this about?

• How does the color relate to the topic?

What are the warm colors?

• Reds, yellows, and oranges

• What mood can these colors express?

• What will happen if you add white….then black….

Painting in warm colors…what does this show us?

• What is this about?

• How does the color relate to the topic?

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

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

• Picture is about a memory

• Happy or sad memory?

• Night out in France

• Picture uses all cool colors to symbolize being relaxed

• Warm colors at the left is to symbolize being happy

Subject matter and its relationship to color

• What is this picture about

• Look at the colors

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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• Create a value scale using the color you wish to use

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