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……

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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 painting show?→What technique does the artist use?→How does he represent the scene? What colours does he use? What shapes? What angle is used?

Analysing (2):

→ the artist’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 lineAt 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