VAP: Visual ArtsLandscape Painting
Mrs. Pike
“Mont Sainte Victoire (Barnes)” by Paul Cezanne
Write a 5 minute reflection on this landscape painting in your sketchbook.
Paul Cezanne• French artist• Post-Impressionist painter• Master of color, design,
and composition• Repetitive, sensitive and
exploratory brushstrokes are very recognizable
• Nature was Cezanne’s inspiration throughout his career, and he sought to be a worthy interpreter of the beauty he saw in the Provence landscape
How would you describe Cezanne’s brushstrokes?
Cezanne’s Landscapes
Discussion: Humans and nature
• Why is nature/landscape a subject for artwork?• What is the relationship humans
have with nature?• What does nature add to human life?
Parts of a landscape painting
What parts of nature are included in a landscape?
• Trees• Mountains• Hills• Meadow• Flowers• River• Lake• Grass• Sky
Draw three landscapes• In your
sketchbook, draw three landscape thumbnail sketches
• Make sure to include the four parts of a landscape
Other landscape artists
Claude Monet- Impressionism
Paul Klee- Abstract Expressionism
Vincent Van Gogh- Expressionism Andrew Wyeth- Realism