The Gulf Stream , 1899 Winslow Homer (1836–1910) Oil on canvas; 28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. .

1. The Gulf Stream, 1899Winslow Homer (1836–1910)Oil on canvas; 28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in.. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910) Nassau, 1899Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper The Metropolitan Museum of Art Winslow Homer Art in the Classroom Ms Freeman’s class March 2007 Winslow Homer AmericanCasting, Number Two, 1894watercolor over graphite National Gallery of Art

2. Winslow Homer • Born in1836 in Boston, Massachusetts in the USA • Middle child • Painter, journalist and illustrator • Visited the front during the Civil War • Traveled to Europe • One of the first artists to paint and sell watercolors • Famous for watercolor and oil paintings

3. Winslow Homer • Landscape • A picture depicting an expanse of scenery Winslow Homer Burnt Mountain , 1902 watercolor and graphite on wove paper

4. Winslow Homer • Horizon • Where the earth meets the sky Sky Earth (water) Gloucester, Mackerel Fleet at DawnFormer Title: Prout's Neck, Mackerel Fleet at Dawn 1884Winslow Homer, American, 1836–19101995.76739.69 x 95.88 cm (15 5/8 x 37 3/4 in.)Oil on panel, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

5. Winslow Homer • Perspective • The appearance of objects in depth • Technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface Boys in a Pasture 1874Winslow Homer, American, 1836–191040.32 x 58.1 cm (15 7/8 x 22 7/8 in.)Oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts Boston

6. Homer – watercolor paintings • Used watercolors for perspective • Some things look far away, others look close • Bright colors to make things appear near • Faded colors to make things look far away Winslow HomerIncoming Tide, Scarboro, Maine, 1883The National Gallery of Art

7. Homer – watercolor paintings • Bigger things appear near • Smaller things appear far away • Bottom of picture appears near • Top appears far away Winslow HomerThe Coming Storm, 1901The National Gallery of Art

8. Bright or faded colors Bigger or smaller Bottom or top of picture Horizon Perspective Winslow HomerSantiago de Cuba, 1885The National Gallery of Art

9. Bright or faded colors Bigger or smaller Bottom or top of picture Horizon Perspective Rocky Coast and Gulls 1869Winslow Homer, American, 1836–191041.27 x 71.44 cm (16 1/4 x 28 1/8 in.)Oil on canvasMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

10. Bright or faded colors Bigger or smaller Bottom or top of picture Horizon Perspective WINSLOW HOMER (1836–1910)Rowing Home, 1890 Watercolor The Phillips Collection

11. Art in the Classroom: Homer Activity • Create a mountain lake scene using watercolor

12. Art in the Classroom: Homer Activity • Create a mountain lake scene using watercolor • Draw a pencil line across the upper third of the paper to represent the horizon, where land and water meet the sky • Wet the paper (see Ms Freeman or Juliana’s mom or dad) • Mix the paint for the land, mix bright green paint with water on a plate and paint the bottom third of the paper = grass • Mix the paint for the trees, mix water into the bright green color to dull the color and paint some trees or bushes above the grass • Mix paint for the lake, rinse the brush and mix blue for the lake behind the trees up to the pencil line (the horizon). Leave some white spaces/stripes in the lake to look like reflections in the water • Mix the blue with water to make it weaker (pale blue) for the sky. Paint the entire sky leaving some white areas for clouds • Mix a pale green blue for the mountains and paint mountains at the horizon of the lake and into the sky. • Let it dry • Outline the lakeshore, trees, hills and mountain shapes with black felt pen