Nothing to do

I've squandered time by sitting here and only blogging since we've run out of oil and i desperately need some. So I basically TIME WASTED for painting. Which is sad because I'm really behind. I need to finish this assessment. I hate painting so I want to finish as soon as possible but then again I don't want to rush and make it look bad. If I was able to take it home. I'd be finished in a day. However I'm not allowed....
The internet was not working as well so instead I worked on writing out some of the information I had on my tabs. It was mostly work related to Peter Claez. Which I decided will be one of my four artists I do some research on. He's the last one I wrote on. (Meaning another thing about them that was on the checklist but I haven't really written on prior to this post).
Here's more information


Paul Cézanne


'Self Portrait'
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was a post-impressionist french painter and was born in the south of france. At 10 years of age, Ce’zanne entered Saint Joseh school, where under the guidance of Joseph Gilbert (A spanish monk) he studied drawing. He then went on to enter the college Bourbon where he continued the study of art. However he later went on to study law in the University of Aix at the direction of his father, however during this time he continued to receive drawing lessons. He eventually objected to his fathers wishes ad pursued his artistic endeavors. Initially his banker father did not support his Ce’zannes choice of career, however eventually they reconciled.
Ce’zanne contributed widely into changing art styles during his time period. Ce’zanne is credited also for forming the bridge between the late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th cenury’s Cubism.

His work demonstrates his refined mastery of design, colour and composition. Unlike the works of Chardin, his brush strokes were not soft but rather clear, often repetitive and bold. While Paul Ce’zanne painted still life, he did not limit himself to it. Ce’zannes paintings deals with human visual perception, where he employs the use of many small brush strokes of specific colours to form his images. He employs the use of a multitude of techniques in his works that feature common household items to create beautifully structured still life.

'The card Players'


Both paintings by Ce'zanne embody his impressionist art. He uses many small and large brush strokes in creating variation in colour and composition. Both works show use of repetitive brush strokes often with a variation of very specific colors (such as the red and yellows in 'Apples and Oranges' or the darker colours in 'The card players'. His play with lighting and shadows gives a 3 dimensional quality to his paintings. His works deal with visual perception so the use of an array of small brush strokes create texture such as the clothing of the card players and the surface of the peaces and apples.


'Apples and oranges'

Peter Claesz


Peter Claesz, was a Dutch still life painter. He was born in Berchem in 1597. He later made a permanent move to Haarlem in 1621 as it was the home of many highly regarded artists who benefited from the wealth of the towns citizenry.
He painted highly realistic works with an extraordinary sense of naturalism. The miniscule and accurate detail he endowed onto his canvas create beautifully textured and consciously arranged pieces of art. His palette consisted of monochromatic (similar colours) colours although his later works were bright, colorful and decorative. While most of his works were of modest size, Claesz also painted large extravagant and decorative scenes of attractive feasts.
Claesz demonstrated a mastery of handling light and texture favoring the use of ‘homely’ objects. Claesz still life's often suggest that there may exist hidden meaning, often depicting skulls, a known symbol of human morality. However many other aspects of Claesz’s paintings, including fruits, are possibly forms of allegorical symbolism.

'Tabletop Still Life with Mince Pie and Basket of Grapes'


In all his works as well as 'Tabletop Still Life with Mince Pie and Basket of Grapes' and 'Still Life with Roemer and Oysters' Claez demonstrates his attention to meticulous detail and demonstrates his ability to duplicate the texture of the object. You are able to see individual grains, depressions and the courseness or smoothness of an objects surfaces. This is demonstrated in such things as through the depressions in the lemons surface (above) and the grainy surface of the bread (below). His works appear very 3 dimensional and appears as if you can seemingly interact with his work giving one the impression that you are able to touch the variations on its surface.
He clearly embodies in both artworks the movement in which his art works have been influenced (naturalism) demonstrating his aim to make his works as realistic and incredibly detailed as possible to the point of painting the individual grains (from the oysters below) in great detail.


'Still Life with Roemer and Oysters'

I feel its appropriate to talk about my own painting now.
I am not so bold to try any forms of radical impressionist art and I don't have the skills for naturalism or realism art. Even though I intially wanted to make my painting a realistic piece to follow the style of Chardin, it was ultimately a lost cause. There is a great degree of skill required in creating a realistic looking piece. It requires masterful brush strokes, being conscious and smart about choice of colour and use of lighting.
Impressionist art while bolder with obvious brush stroking, sometimes miniscule and detailed, require again to be conscious in use of colour and lighting and size and shape of brush strokes. Rather than creating an accurate and detailed depiction, impressionism deals with more the capture of moment, lighting and effects of colour.
To follow more modern forms of art I lean towards the use of bolder brush strokes. My own work deals with erratic brush strokes ranging from large to small strokes and is not detailed nor accurate.