Paul Cezanne
January 19, 1839
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October 22, 1906
Paul Cezanne was born in
France
___________
on Jan. 19,
1839. His father was a
banker
successful _________and
wanted his son to follow
in his footsteps. Paul
attended Law school in
his early 20’s. During that
time, Paul took
drawing
_____________
classes
where his love for art
began.
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Self-portrait of Paul Cezanne
Art school. He soon discovered that he was
Paul decided to move to Paris and enrolled in an _____
not as technically skilled in drawing as the other students. He stuck with it however, and found
other successful artists that helped him develop his techniques. He perfected his techniques by
painting “Montagne Sainte Victoire” many times over the earlier parts of his life.
Paul Cezanne became a leading artist during the
Impressionism
___________________
movement.
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Developed in the late 19th early 20th century by French Artists. (Monet,
Renior, Degas, Cezanne, ect)
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Impressionism: A style of painting that attempts to capture the
rapidly changing effects of sunlight on objects.
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Cezanne’s technique, slightly different from other Impressionist artists,
consisted of larger sections of unmixed colors, leaving a rougher, choppier
look.
Cezanne devoted himself to painting _____________,
_________,
landscapes
still-lifes and
ordinary
objects
portraits. A Still Life is a gathering
of __________________
tocomposition
form a
______________. Cezanne painted over 200 still lifes, giving force and
significance to simple everyday objects.
View Finder:
_A devise an artist looks through to crop the image and
find the desired view.____
ASSIGNMENT:
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Using a viewfinder, look around the still life to find an
interesting composition that includes 4-6 objects that you
would like to draw.
Create a thumbnail sketch of your objects in your
sketchbook.
Move around the still life and create a minimum of three
additional thumbnail drawings to determine your final spot
in the classroom.
Decide on the one composition you enjoy most and begin
drawing the objects on the larger paper provided.
Using soft pastel, blend and match the values of the objects
and shade them accurately. You are allowed to use colored
charcoal paper.
Clean up smudges and spray-fix your work.