ARTIST FOCUS
Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night
This painting became famous for its swirling sky.
It was painted by the famous Impressionist artist, Vincent VanGogh. Here he gives his own unique impression of the stars at night behind the silhouette of an Italian Cypress tree.
This display of stars, clouds and the moon are imaginative, rather than real. VanGogh painted it through the window bars of a mental hospital where he creatively escaped reality to help his sanity.
Sometimes the sky can seem surreal.
1. Aurora Borealus
2. Polar StratosphericClouds
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What is SURREALISM?
An art movement using an irrational a juxtaposition of images. It looks realistic, but something like a bizarre dream that could never happen.
WHAT IS A SILHOUETTE?
How does a horizon line effect a silhouette?
What disappears in a silhouette?
What is a LANDSCAPE?
Basically an outdoor scene including a horizon line that divides the earth from the sky.
Let’s put all three together…
First,
Plan out different ideas for your SILHOUETTE.
Student Art
High School 9-11th grade
Steps
1. With pencil first, lightly Draw your idea for you silhouette low on the paint paper.
2. Outline with permament black marker (do NOT fill in ).
3. Begin to paint your Surreal Sunrise.
Paint directly over your silhouettes. The BLACK paint will go over it.
Focus on abstract colors, swirls, and blobby shapes, or drips.
-See images below for ideas.
Art 2 Students painting their Surreal Skies
Try to make your sky colors swirl and contour together.
Think Woodgrain pattern or Topographical Maps..
4. When you are done with colors, fill in your silhouette with black paint last.
DO NOT make it too THICK! Remember, watercolor paint uses WATER.
If you make it too thick, it will be shiny and sticky.
If you really want it dark, use a Crayola Black Marker to fill in instead, .
Look Familiar?
I have done this with Middle Schoolers.
See Here...
https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2020/09/silooet-learn-to-pronounce-noun-dark.html
