Stained Glass Fruit

In Model Masters students explored the popular art of creating a still life.  A variety of fruit was displayed and we were inspired by the French expressionist painter Georges Rouault.  Rouault's paintings reflect his former occupation as a stained glass artist, as they have vibrant colors and thick black outlining. This lesson was inspired by the fabulous art blog, Deep Space Sparkle!  We began this art project by drawing the fruit still life with pencil on canvas boards. Here is a picture of our fruit still life set up.

 Acrylic paints were applied thickly by double loading the brush with two analogous colors (red and orange, for example).  Paint was swirled on the canvas to mimic the look of stained class.  Black paint and tiny brushes were used to outline all the fruit, the bowl, and to add a stained glass pattern to the background.  Enjoy!  *Some students were not here the first day we did this project with fruit, therefore they painted a gourd and pumpkin still life.

Jake

Gaia

Adam

Anne-Kalin

Camille

Josh

Kenna

Maggie

Megan

Nicholas

Stephan

Victoria

Miss Vanessa