Still Life

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Observation

with space suggestion

What is a Still life?

'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.

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Still life

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,

Hunting

toebackjes

Vanitas

banquet

Fruit

Flower

jacht

toebackjes

Vanitas

banket

Fruit

bloem

What type of still life is this one?

1. Vanitas still life
2. Banquet Still life
3. Hunting Still life
4. Flower Still life

What type of still life is this one?

1. Vanitas still life
2. Banquet Still life
3. Hunting Still life
4. Flower Still life

What type of still life is this one?

1. Vanitas still life
2. Banquet Still life
3. Hunting Still life
4. Flower Still life

What type of still life is this one?

1. Vanitas still life
2. Banquet Still life
3. Hunting Still life
4. Flower Still life

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

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

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

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.

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

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

How did they make the objects spatial?

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

Excercise 

value scale

shadow

gradient

Example

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

How to draw spatial?

Use of tone, shadows and gradients on objects.

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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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

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

Observation

With a bit of fantasy

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

Impressionism

Still life

In your own art style

Kubisme

In your own art style

Still life

Pointillism

In your own art style

Still life

Surrealism

In your own art style

Still life

Mondriaan style

In your own art style

Still life

Caravaggio style

In your own art style

Still life

Van Gogh style

In your own art style

Still life

Van Gogh stijl