Paul Cezanne - Artist

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Paul Cezanne was an artist that was well known for his use of warm and cool colors in his paintings.

Paul Cezanne lived from 1839-1906 in France.

Paul Cezanne was considered as part of the historic Post-Impressionist group of artists.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/bio.html

Paul Cezanne - Colors

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Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Saturated Colors

Unsaturated Colors

Paul Cezanne - Colors

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Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Saturated Colors

Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Unsaturated Colors

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Paul Cezanne - Colors

Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Saturated Colors

Warm Colors

Cool Colors

Unsaturated Colors

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Using a view finder

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The view finder will help to frame a composition for an artwork just like a camera only takes a picture of what the lens sees.

The view finder helps to take away all of the “stuff” that an artist doesn’t want to pay attention to around their picture.

Proportioning your artwork

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Drawing proportions is done best when you think about simple shapes such as circles, squares, ovals, rectangles.

It is also helpful to look for simple lines to draw through the picture such as straight, curved, or zigzag lines.

Proportioning your artwork

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Think of fractions when you think of proportions.

Many artists will divide a composition into ½’s, 1/3’s, or ¼’s.

The skull in Cezanne’s still life fills up the top-left quarter of the painting.

The white cloth fills up the bottom-left of the painting.

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Proportioning your artwork

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The table is all on the bottom half of the painting.

The dark blue cloth is on the top half of the painting

Most of the fruit is touching the middle line of the painting.

Each of the fruit is about 1/16th the size of the painting.

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Working backwards

First use your basic shapes and lines to lay out your own still life on your paper.

Then Work on the details of the picture second.

Works Cited Page:• Cezanne, Paul. (1895-1900) Still Life with Skull (Nature morte au

crane). Google image search keyword “Paul Cezanne”. Retrieved online from http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/sl/cezanne.skull.jpg (Nov. 21, 2009)

• Cezanne, Paul. (1839-1906) Self Portrait. Google image search keyword “Paul Cezanne”. Retrieved online from http://imagedir.org/ClipArt/39-Paul-Cezanne.png (Nov. 21, 2009)

• Cezanne, Paul. (1895-1900) Un coin de table. Google image search keyword “Paul Cezanne”. Retrieved online from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Cezanne_Un_coin_de_table.jpg (Nov. 21, 2009)

• Cezanne, Paul. (1885) Mount Sainte Victoire. Google image search keyword “Paul Cezanne”. Retrieved online from http://www.artinthepicture.com/paintings/Paul_Cezanne/Mount-Sainte-Victoire/ (Nov. 21, 2009)