This is the task you have to do as homework in your Easter Holidays!
PAINTING WITH THE FAUVES!!!!!
Fauves from escuadraypincel
A BIT OF HISTORY
Fauvism is a movement in French painting that revolutionized the concept
of colour in modern art. Fauves earned their name ("les fauves"-wild
beasts) by shocking exhibit visitors on their first public appearance, in 1905.
At the end of the nineteenth century, neo Impressionist painters were already using pure colours, but they applied those colours to their canvases in small strokes. The fauves rejected the impressionist palette of soft, shimmering tones in favour of radical new style, full of violent colour and bold distortions .
These painters never formed a movement in the strict sense of the word, but for years they would nurse a shared ambition, before each went his separate and more personal way.
At the end of the nineteenth century, neo Impressionist painters were already using pure colours, but they applied those colours to their canvases in small strokes. The fauves rejected the impressionist palette of soft, shimmering tones in favour of radical new style, full of violent colour and bold distortions .
These painters never formed a movement in the strict sense of the word, but for years they would nurse a shared ambition, before each went his separate and more personal way.
Some representatives painters are: Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Andre
Derain…
MATERIALS:
Temperas.
Palettes.
Brushes.
Water-containers.
Drawing paper.
Newspapers to cover and protect your desk.
Palettes.
Brushes.
Water-containers.
Drawing paper.
Newspapers to cover and protect your desk.
Wait till the classroom is set up for painting before you start.
DISCUSSION
Discuss the Fauves in class
after listening to your teacher’s explanation. Describe the painting style of
the Fauve artists. Try to understand why the works of Matisse and Derain outraged
critics and labeled them as “wild beasts”. Discuss the non-traditional
use of colour in Fauve paintings. Observe and discuss the style, technique, and
colour used by Matisse and Derain. Why were their paintings described as
unusual and unnatural?
SKETCHING THE COMPOSITION
Gather ideas for a landscape painting.
Make thumbnail sketches and choose a favourite for composition.
Draw a simple outline sketch of the painting plan with a graphite pencil on your painting surface.
PAINTING: GUIDED PRACTICE
This is our first painting
experience of the year, so it would be a good idea to spend some time exploring
colour mixing. Don’t be anxious!!!
And now…paint like the Fauves!
“You
are going to paint like the Fauves. Have fun with colour. Painting the green
grass and the sky blue would be too ordinary. Be original in your colour
choice! Be as wild as the “Wild Beasts”. Today is your day to have fun and be
free with your choice of colours! EXPLORE!”
You must complete a
painting in one class period.
You can continue yourself at
home and create a second more daring and expressive painting than the first.
CLASS CRITIQUE
Share and contrast your finished
work to that of the Fauves with your class-mates.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Book: “Fauvism
” - Fauvism was an extremely short-lived
movement in modern painting, and an extremely important one as well. This book
covers the period quite nicely.
Book: “The Fauves: The
Reign of Colour”- This illustrated book celebrates the work of
Matisse, Braque, Dufy, Derain, Vlaminck, Van Dongen, and many other artists who
were dubbed "Fauves, " or wild beasts, when their work was
first introduced in the early 1900s. 170 colour illustrations.
VOCABULARY:
Canvases: lienzos.
small
strokes: pequeñas pinceladas.
shimmering: titilantes,
vibrantes…
bold
distortions: deformaciones
audaces, valientes, atrevidas.
nurse: tener(ambición).
outraged: escandalizaron.
labeled: etiquetados.
dubbed: apodado.
The underline words in grey must be added to the glossary.
Here you have some examples made with temperas from a picture by Matisse and made by students in 2010-2011. Hope it helps!!!!
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