watercolor master study and inspiration
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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
study of Turner and response
studies of John Singer Sargent
study of Oskar Kokoschka and response