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Oil Pastel Abstractions

Oil Pastel Abstractions. What is an Abstraction?. Abstraction: Abstraction is the reduction of an image or object to an essential form or concept. Abstraction vs Non Representational. Abstract. Non Representational.

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Oil Pastel Abstractions

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  1. Oil Pastel Abstractions

  2. What is an Abstraction? • Abstraction: • Abstraction is the reduction of an image or object to an essential form or concept.

  3. Abstraction vs Non Representational Abstract Non Representational Wassily Kandiski, Improvisation 9. 1910.Oil on canvas, 110x110 cm. Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Germany. Kandinski: Composition VIII Which piece is the Abstract?

  4. Abstraction used all around you: Logo marks

  5. Picasso and Braque • Pablo Picasso and Gorges Braque were the revolutionaries behind a type of abstract art known as cubism. • The Cubist style emphasized the flat, two-dimensional surface of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening, modeling, and chiaroscuro. Pablo Picasso, Self Portrait, 1907

  6. Pablo Picasso Mediterranean Landscape by Pablo Picasso First Communion by Pablo Picasso

  7. Picasso, The Guitar Player, 1910 Braque, Violin and Candlestick, 1910

  8. How to Abstract Images • Ways to abstract: • Distort sizes • Vary colors • Simplify shapes • Vary perspectives • Focus on a particular area of an image • Flatten an image to look 2 dimensional • Alter the proportions

  9. Your Assignment: Step 1 • Step 1: • Draw a contour image of your neighbor! • Divide a 9”x 24” sheet of paper into three segments of 8” x 9” each • Draw a contour form from a live reference (your neighbor) on the first segment. • Draw an abstraction of the first image onto the second segment. • Draw an abstraction of the second image onto the third segment then check with your instructor for more helpful advice.

  10. Your Assignment: Step 2 • Step 2: • Divide a 9”x 24” sheet of paper into three segments of 8” x 9” each. • Transfer you final abstracted image onto each of the three segments. • Experiment with a different color scheme for each box using crayon in the first two segments and oil pastel in the third segment. http://colorschemedesigner.com

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  12. Your Assignment: Step 3 • Transfer your abstracted image onto a 12” x 18” sheet of paper. Note- due to the change in scale, Images do not have to be exact. They may be elongated and further distorted. • Choose the most successful color scheme to complete your image in oil pastel.

  13. Grading Rubric

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