Transcript Group of 7 -comparative

This presentation does not try to claim that
the Group of Seven style of Painting
is the “right” way to paint
and the European way is “wrong” way.
It is simply an easier and possibly better way
to begin learning how to paint.
You will focus on retaining Accurate but Simplified Shapes
instead of generic shapes that get lost with fussy blending.
And you know that Shape Matters!!
Compare the following pairs of paintings.
Try to guess which is the Group of 7 painting and which is European.
and how have they treated the painting differently in each example.
Group of Seven
Hard edged shapes of bold color.
Softly blended colors.
Group of Seven
Many colours with short brush
strokes.
Bolder, bigger shapes with
fewer colours.
Group of Seven
With lots of fussy blending it is
difficult to retain the shapes.
With little blending it is much
easier to keep the important
shapes.
Group of Seven
See rocks as shapes of dark and
light neutralized colors.
These rocks are softened and
idealized with soft shadows.
Group of Seven
European painters create a
shimmer of light with just the
perfect mix of colours.
Group of 7 artists turn buildings
into simple geometric shapes
and the land, sky and trees into
simple organic shapes of colour.
Group of Seven
Both Group of Seven artists and European Impressionists use
exaggerated colours but they brush the colours on differently.
Group of 7 – few big, bold strokes
Impressionists – many short
strokes
For these next two photos, you will come up to the board
and trace over what you think are the IMPORTANT shapes.
You need to simplify them and not try to draw in every detail.
You need to consider carefully which are
the IMPORTANT shapes that you must draw
and which are the UNIMPORTANT shapes
that you should leave out.
Here is a hint:
The main shadows and highlights are
as important as the shapes of the objects.