Week Four

We will start our week with:

• watercolor ( Van Goghs early works in watercolor are very

different from later works)

Here is a sampling of his watercolor works early to later. You

can see how his style has changed.

We will be using Weaver Seen From the Side and Women Miners.

I am using the following book for the some of

the above pictures.

Through the Eyes of Vincent Van Gogh: Selected Drawings and

Paintings by the Great Master by Barrington Barber

It can be downloaded for free at: 

http://www.wowio.com/index.asp

You can find all Van Goghs Sketches and Watercolors here:

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Letter%20Sketches/

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Drawing/

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Watercolor/

• off topic of Van Gogh: Just Watercolor Lessons

This is where we tend to bunny trail. I wish we could afford

those beautiful blocks of watercolor paints at Michaels. Or

even a set of the 20 dollar ones. Our watercolor will have to

be with the basic 8 Crayola paint. I recommend if you can

save up and buy good watercolors and watercolor paper.

Below are several sites that have lessons on how to do watercolor.

I think it is good to teach the artist techniques and styles as we

go along in the study. We may camp here a while! I will post what

we actually do at the end of the week.

Here are some cool web sites with lessons on Watercolor.

http://www.beckwithfamily.com/watercolor.html some basic info.

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/water.htm Complete

lessons. Very good with vocabulary and demos. This is designed

for elementary school.

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/Lessons/6water.htm

I love this lesson! It is called Van Gogh Scapes. Watercolor and

collage together! So much fun and learning all rolled up in one

lesson.

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Sue/water.htm

another cool lesson!

http://www.johnlovett.com/class.htm More advanced lessons.

http://susieshort.net/watercolor-tips.html  Very basic demos.

http://www.multimediaarts.com/watercolors/demos.htm

Great for younger kids.

http://www.fountainstudio.com/watercolor_tips.html

Very creative ideas such as using stencils and stamps.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/web/sites/138/rodzart/demo.html

Step by Step intermediate to advanced.

http://www.branchstudio.com/j/Demos/Demos.htm

These seem basic. I really like her style.

Please note I always plan more than I expect to accomplish.

Some weeks we get it all done. Other weeks will overlap. At least

this way I have enough material prepared for the study.