Term 4 Lesson Plans - Colour, Pattern & Jungle Landscapes - Inspired by Henri Rousseau
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Sydney Art School
Term Theme -Term 4 2022
Colour, Pattern & Jungle Landscapes
Inspired by the art of French Impressionist
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910)
Hi Visitor
This term students will be studying the vibrant works of French Post-Impressionist artist Henri Rousseau (1844-1910).
Rousseau’s paintings are renowned for their exquisite colour, and rich patterns, despite their experimental and non-traditional nature.
During this term, students will use this case study to focus particularly on their colour theory and colour mixing skills set.
Rousseau’s works are considered naive as the artist was self-taught and intuitive, often taunted for his personal style, one critic famously joking that he “painted with his feet and a blindfold over his eyes”.
Students will be encouraged to consider the ways in which their differences in approaches can be celebrated as elements of their own personal style.
Enrolments are still open and these classes start on
Monday 10 Oct 2022.
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The flora and fauna featured in many of Rousseau’s jungles were influenced by trips to the zoo and botanical gardens, along with the images and stories that the artist was exposed to from overseas.
Although Rousseau bragged of travels in the military, art historians suggest that he did not travel beyond France and his landscapes were not painted based on personal experiences. We can understand his works to be imaginings or daydreams about places which were to Rousseau exciting, exotic, and unfamiliar.
Students will similarly study and utilise images from abroad and examples of plants and animals to celebrate the environments they might one day themselves explore in their own artmaking.
Rousseau’s works consider the tantalising endless possibilities for travel and adventure, and the plethora of beauty waiting to be discovered.
Techniques, Subjects and Style
During the term, students will work with a variety of mediums, subject matter, and techniques. They will explore:
- Botanical and animal subjects
- Landscape and heavy foliage
- Bold colour, shape and line.
- Patterning and texture.
- Colour theory and mixing.
- Imagination and idealism in landscape.
- Painting and composition techniques.
- Utilising photographs, illustrations, and sourced material to enhance their own artmaking practice.
● Students will work in a variety of mediums, with a particular emphasis on painting techniques, collage, and printmaking.
● Please ensure students bring along their resource kit to each class
● Sydney Art School Student Resource Kit, OR you may provide them with the same materials purchased elsewhere.
Materials
If you purchase your own materials, please ensure they have the correct paints (the same colours), brushes and Visual Art Diary as in our Student Resource Kit.
https://sydneyartschool.com.au/sas-art-shop/art-resource-kits/resource-kit-acrylics-artist-quality-starter-set-detail
We hope students have an interesting and exciting Term 4 and can’t wait to see them in class
Kind regards,
Samantha Wiltshire
School Liaison Officer / Tutor
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p: 1300 ART CLASS - 1300 278 252
e: service@sydneyartschool.com.au
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