EDWARD HOPPER

20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ARTIST

Part 1: the artist’s tools.

Vocabulary:      An    easel  

A  notepad  and  a  brush  

Oil  paint     Colour  pencils  

Ink  bottle  and  goose  feather    

A  palette  knife  

A    palette  

A    canvas  

A    roller    

PART  1:  the  artist’s  t……  

§  Complete:  :      An  ……….  

A  n………..  and  a  b……..  

……….  paint     Colour  p…………..  

I……bottle  and  g……..  F……….    

A  p………..  knife  

A    p……….  

A    c……….  

A    r………    

Verbs :

To  sketch  

To  paint  

To  draw  

To    observe    

Verbs:  

§  COMPLETE:  

To  ………….  

To  ………  

To  ………..  

To    ………….    

The  techniques:  

Oil  painting  

Pencil  drawing  

Ink  on  paper  

Watercolour    

Analysing a painting (1):

§  Questions  to  ask:  →  what  does  the  pain.ng  show?  →What  technique  does  the  ar.st  use?  →How  does  he  represent  the  scene?  §  What  colours  does  he  use?  §  What  shapes?  §  What  angle  is  used?    

Analysing (2):

→  the  ar.st’s  style  :    §  Is  it  realistic  /  abstract?  modern  /classic?  §  Is  it  naive/  absurd?  provocative/  strange?    §  Why  is  it  special?  →the  atmosphere  :  §  Is  it  pleasant  /  sad/  surprising/disturbing  etc.?  Why?  

 

 

Analysing (3) : ‘ GAS’ , 1940.

In  the  middle      

On  the  right  

A  median  line  At  the  top  

On  the  left  

At  the  bottom  

The  lower  part  

The  upper  part  

In  the  foreground  

In  the  background  

‘GAS’  (b):  

§  Creating  a  picture:    What  do  you  notice  about  the  lines/  shapes  he  used?  

What  about  the  colours?  Where  is  the  man  in  the  picture?  What  about  the  atmosphere?  Why  did  Hopper  choose  to  paint  a  service  station?  

   

ANALYSING(4): observe:

THE COLOURS:

Cold  colours  

Warm  colours