vincent van gogh, sunflowers, 1888. michael craig martin
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Vincent Van Gogh,
Sunflowers, 1888
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Michael Craig Martin
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Michael Craig-Martin
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PIETER CLAESZ, A Vanitas, 1645
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Tony Cragg, Eroded Landscape, 1992
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Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917
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Pablo Picasso,
Table with Violin & Glasses,
1913
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Pablo Picasso,
Guitar, 1913
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Pablo Picasso, Guitar, 1924
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Pablo Picasso, Large Still Life on a Pedestal Table, 1931
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Henri Matisse, Vegitation,
1931
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Georgio Morandi,Still Life,
1960
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Claes Oldenburg, Giant Hamburger, 1962
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Your task
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Looking again at these Picasso and The Michael Craig-Martin still life images…….
Consider the quality of line making and the amount of detail that it has been necessary to use to describe objects accurately enough. Also the use of flat colour in selected sections.
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Tear out objects Tear out objects from magazinesfrom magazines
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Trace the objects Trace the objects on to one piece on to one piece of tracing paper – of tracing paper – compose as you compose as you go – put objects go – put objects in front of or in front of or behind other behind other objects. Think objects. Think does size or does size or scale matter? scale matter? Michael Craig-Michael Craig-Martin doesn’t Martin doesn’t worry about worry about having the having the smallest things at smallest things at the back… the back… should he?should he?
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Don’t throw away the images of the objects
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All the objects you collected should then be cut out All the objects you collected should then be cut out carefully and collaged in a different compositioncarefully and collaged in a different composition
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Turn the tracing paper over to the ‘wrong’ sideTurn the tracing paper over to the ‘wrong’ side
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Scribble with a soft pencil over the lines you intend to use.Scribble with a soft pencil over the lines you intend to use.
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PPlace the tracing paper ‘right’ way up on to your Place the tracing paper ‘right’ way up on to your page – line it up accurately so if it moves you can page – line it up accurately so if it moves you can line it up again easily.line it up again easily.
With a hard point (biro is ideal) re-trace the lines With a hard point (biro is ideal) re-trace the lines – the impression you make should show through – the impression you make should show through on the paper below.on the paper below.
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Use a FINE black pen to go over the traced linesUse a FINE black pen to go over the traced lines.
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Watercolour tinting.Watercolour tinting.
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Top: Michael Craig-Martin, 1999.
Bottom: Tristan Antoine, 2005
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Using one primary colour and an adjacent secondary colour (colour wheel) plus white, paint each area of the composition.
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Using a limited colour palette
Van Gogh, 1888 Antoine, 2005
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Re composition:
by cutting up the image we can recompose and consider fragmented structures - a bit like the cubist images seen earlier.
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Picasso Antoine
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None of these stages/images took more than 40 minutes each to
complete.
Hopefully you can see how it is possible to respond to the work of
other artists in terms of their technique and in doing so how
your work and ideas become real.