Painting Lesson for Art II level high school students focusing on color theory & composition building skills

1. Art II Landscape Painting
Part II
Color theory, painting, and narratives
(telling a story visually)
&
Returning to the landscape

2. What is a landscape?

3. By looking at art history and artists who have used
the landscape as their subject matter, we will
continue our exploration into creating landscape

5. How do artists “see” the natural
landscape?
How do they convey what they “see”
onto the canvas?
What do you notice about each of
these artists’ representation of the
landscape?

6. Landscape Painters
Grant Wood
Franklin Carmichael
Thomas Hart Benton Eyvind Earle
Emily Carr

7. Thomas Hart Benton

9. Grant Wood
1891-1942

11. Eyvind Earle

14. Franklin Carmichael
1890-1945

17. Emily Carr
1871-1945

20. Foreground
Middleground
Background

24. Taking the idea of the landscape
painting from Art I and improving
and expanding on the subject
matter and painting styles and
techniques.
You will have certain freedoms with this painting project and will be
expected to show your emerging artistic skills gained throughout Art I &
II…
You will have choices to the type of “scape” you would like to create, an
adjective to convey the “scape” you are portraying and the color theory
palette you can work with…

25. Part One
Choose a type of “scape”
a.Cloudscapes
b.Seascapes
c.City/Town Scapes
d.Landscapes

26. Part Two
Choose an adjective to describe your
“scape.”
a.Peaceful
b.Turbulent
c.Hopeful
d.Isolated

27. Part Three
Choose a color theory
application to use for your
palette:
a.Monochromatic
b.Complementary
c.Analogous

28. Photographic
Landscape Examples
To help you brainstorm

40. Painting Examples of
Landscapes

49. Brainstorming….
Collect imagery, ideas, and places ….
You will commit to a contract of subject matter,
narratives and color theory but otherwise you have a lot
of freedom with this project. Your experiences in Art I &
II have helped you think before you paint. Look through
books, find landscapes that interest you or you have
visited. Devise your rough draft on 12 X 18 drawing
paper.
30 points

51. Color Theory Practice-Small
Practice Painting
Monochromatic Landscape
Devise a city scape line or mountain top line stencil
Cut it out & trace it 4-5 times on paper. Turn the stencil
over to change flow of line.
Starting with local color, fill in the bottom shape,
gradually add white to lighten the landscape.
The background should be the lightest tint of the color
you chose, NOT WHITE!
8 X 10 Tag Board
30 Points

52. Final Painting…
Your Final Painting will consist of your chosen
“scape,” narrative (word you chose to describe your
“scape.”) & color theory usage.
Your painting should have multiple layers of paint
(NO WHITE BOARD SHOWING THROUGH)
You will work with a painting medium – GLOSS OR
MATTE
18 x 24 Gesso-ed Tag Board Paper
100 POINTS!