Still Life

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This lesson contains 45 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

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Observation
with space suggestion

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What is a Still life?

Slide 2 - Open question

'A still life is an image of a collection of inanimate objects.
This could be a drawing, painting or photo of, for example, a table with crockery and flowers. 
These objects often have their own symbolism.
Still lifes come in different types, all with their own symbolism.
'

Still life

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Types of Still life
There are different types of still lifes, which can be divided into types:

"fruit piece".
"flower arrangement".
"breakfast food". A still life with bread, knives, fish, the things that were eaten during a meal at the end of the morning.
"banquet". A still life including a richly filled pie.
"toebackjes". A still life with tobacco, pipe and similar items.
"seafood". A still life that was especially popular in The Hague.
"hunting piece".
' Vanitas'  is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death,

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Hunting
toebackjes
Vanitas
banquet
Fruit
Flower

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jacht
toebackjes
Vanitas
banket
Fruit
bloem

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What type of still life is this one?
A
Vanitas still life
B
Banquet Still life
C
Hunting Still life
D
Flower Still life

Slide 7 - Quiz



What type of still life is this one?
A
Vanitas still life
B
Banquet Still life
C
Hunting Still life
D
Flower Still life

Slide 8 - Quiz



What type of still life is this one?
A
Vanitas still life
B
Banquet Still life
C
Hunting Still life
D
Flower Still life

Slide 9 - Quiz



What type of still life is this one?
A
Vanitas still life
B
Banquet Still life
C
Hunting Still life
D
Flower Still life

Slide 10 - Quiz

Composition is an important art element in a still life. What is composition?

Slide 11 - Open question

When making a still life, it is important that you put the objects together nicely, and then capture it with a photo, drawing or painting.
We call this a composition. The objects in the picture above have been put together better than the picture on the right.
Why?'


Composition

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The objects in the picture on the right
have been put together better
than the picture on the left
Why?'

Slide 13 - Open question

Composition assignment
'In the Piccolage app you are going to add 4 objects via' Photos From Web ', but you can also take 4 photos of simple objects yourself. By double clicking on the photo, you will see a menu. Select "Clip Photo" to cut out the picture as precisely as possible. Do that with four objects. You can then move these four objects in such a way that you put them together to create a composition.
But when do you have a nice composition and when not? You can try that out yourself first.
Make one good and one bad composition with the 4 objects.

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Slide 15 - Video

Take a screenshot of your badly made composition and upload it here.

Slide 16 - Open question

Take a screenshot of your well made composition and upload it here.

Slide 17 - Open question

How did they make the objects spatial?

Slide 18 - Mind map

Shadow
The photo shows 3 basic spatial shapes: a cube, a sphere and a cone. All three are white in color. You can see that they are spatial through the shadows.
The shadow on the object itself is called own shadow.
We call the shadow on the surface or on another object 
cast shadow.
You can clearly see the difference in the shade of round objects and angular objects.
With round objects such as the sphere and the cone, the shadow slowly fades from light to dark. This is what you call gradual tone transition.
With shapes such as a cube and a beam you see a clear difference between one surface and the other. You call this sharp tone limitation


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Excercise 
value scale
shadow
gradient

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Example

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Do the excercise with tones, shadows and gradient. Upload a photo of your excercise

Slide 22 - Open question

How to draw spatial?

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Use of tone, shadows and gradients on objects.

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Still life
You now know what a still life is.

You also know a little more about still lifes in art history.

You have practiced composition.

You have drawn and shaded basic shapes.

Time for the final assignment! '


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Still life
Assignment:
1) Put some (at least 3) objects together. Look for objects of different heights and (base) shapes. Put them in a good composition by overlapping the shapes.

2) Find out which basic shapes are in your objects and first make two sketches in pencil lines with hb pencil on an A4 sheet. (divide your A4 sheet in half with a pencil line.)

3) Then choose the most beautiful sketch to work on a new A4 sheet. First, gently put the lines on. Then elaborate further with shadow. '

Watch the video on drawing with pencil.

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Slide 27 - Video

Slide 28 - Video

Assignment of your choice
After the still life you can choose from the following assignments:

1, Still life with fantasy


              2. Still life in a certain art style
Keuze opdracht 1: Fantasie in Oostindische inkt
Keuzeopdracht 2; Kunststijl in plakkaatverf

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Fantasy
Add fantasy to a still life.
First draw the idea in pencil lines and work it out in 
Indian ink.

Check out the examples

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Observation
With a bit of fantasy

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Art Style
Paint a still life in a certain art style. First set up the drawings in pencil lines and then paint them in the style.

Check out the examples

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Impressionism
Still life
In your own art style

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Kubisme
In your own art style
Still life

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Pointillism
In your own art style
Still life

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Surrealism
In your own art style
Still life

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Mondriaan style
In your own art style
Still life

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Caravaggio style
In your own art style
Still life

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Van Gogh style
In your own art style
Still life

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Van Gogh stijl

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