Master Studies

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

Style determines technique

Watercolor Artists

16th centuryAlbrecht Dürer 17th centuryClaude Lorraine 18th centuryWilliam Blake 19th centuryFrederic Remington Gustave MoreauHonoré Daumier James Whistler Joseph Turner John Singer Sargent Paul Cézanne Thomas Moran Winslow Homer

20th century

Andrew Wyeth Charles Burchfield Charles Demuth Edward Hopper Emile Nolde Georgia O'Keefe Georges Rouault Graham SutherlandJoseph RaphaelJohn Marin Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Kees van Dongen Max Beckmann Maurice de Vlaminck Paul Klee Raoul Dufy Vincent Van Gogh 21st centuryElizabeth PeytonLouise StanleyRobert Bechtle

Each artist has their own style and technique

Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898)

French painter who appealed to the imagination in creating mythological scenes.

He was part of the "Symbolist" movement which emphasized spirituality, and dreams over naturalism and

realism.

Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898)

Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898)

Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898)

Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 – 1976)

German expressionist painter and printmaker interested in

"primitive" art, and the expression of extreme emotion through high-keyed color.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 – 1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 – 1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 – 1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 – 1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 – 1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 – 1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (self-portrait)

Andrew Wyeth(1917-2009)

Wyeth said that although he was thought of as a realist, he thought of

himself as an abstractionist.

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 – 1986)

Her paintings emphasized abstract form

and mystical light.

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 – 1986)

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 – 1986)

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 – 1986)

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 – 1986)

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 – 1986)

To study Georgia O’Keeffe’s technique, you paint a copy

MASTER STUDY ASSIGNMENT

copy a painting and pay attention to detail

choose something easy to draw but challenging to paint

THEN AS HOMEWORK:

do a second painting

Your own composition and subject matter

But use the color palette of the master you just studied

Study of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and student response

Study of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and student response

Study of Emile Nolde and student response

Study of John Singer Sargent and student response

Study of Georgia O’Keeffe and student response

Study of Charles Demuth and student response

Study of Charles Demuth and student response

Study of Winslow Homer and student response

Study of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and student response

Study of John Singer Sargent and student response

Study of Edward Hopper and student response

Study of Andrew Wyeth and student response