Still Life Drawing
Inspired by the Fauve Movement
1. Begin by drawing 2-3 thumbnail sketches in your sketchbook. Think about composition when you
choose your views to draw. Keep in mind, balance and emphasis when drawing the arranged
objects. Think of yourself as a zoom lens on a camera and focus on a “close up” of the still life
arrangement. (Use a paper viewfinder to help frame out your composition if needed. Don’t focus on
detail yet! You want to focus on blocking in your large shapes and lines first.
2. Look over your thumbnails sketches and decide which one is compositionally more successful and
enlarge it, using pencil on the 16x20 black paper. As in step 1, block in large shapes and lines first
making sure you have a balanced arrangement. Decide where your emphasis is going to be.
3. Begin with oil pastels. Think in terms of layering. Begin by blocking in a base layer of color. Use
warm colors for lighter, highlighted areas in your drawing and use cool colors for the darker,
shadowed areas. (This will give your drawing a sense of depth.) ***Remember you are being
inspired by the Fauve painters so color is an important element you want to have fun with. Realistic
color is not what the Fauves were about. Think bright, loud and colorful!
4.
Detail can be brought out as you layer the oil pastels. Experiment with blending and layering the oil
pastels. (Beware of layering too many colors however as you may end up with “mud”.)
Fauve Style Art (1900-1910) A style of art labeled as art for the “wild beasts”, a group of modern artists
whose works of art emphasized painterly qualities and strong color rather that realistic color. Color was
expressionistic and evoked emotion. Leaders of the Fauve Movement were Henri Matisse and Andre’
Derain
Boats at Collioures Harbor
Woman in a Hat
Art Rubric Advanced Art
Still Life: Oil Pastels (Fauve)
Name:________________________ Class Code:_______
Circle the number that best shows
how well you feel that you
completed that criterion for the
assignment.
Exceeds
Expectations
Meets
Expectations
(100-90)
(89-80)
1. Used Elements/Principles that
were the focus of the lesson.
-Shape/Line- focus on line and
shape when drawing your chosen
view of the still life arrangement.
-Color- Fauve Style, when adding
color, choose colors that reflect
the Fauve movement.
*use warm colors for
light/highlighted areas
*use cool colors for dark,
shadowed areas
20 pts.
20-18
18-16
16-14
12 or below
2. Used other Elements/Principles
effectively:
Balance- distribute weight in the
drawing equally.
Emphasis-what or where is the
focal point in the drawing?
20pts.
20-18
18-16
16-14
12 or below
3. Created a strong Composition:
Space is well utilized, all
components are important to
communicating visual idea.
20pts.
20-18
18-16
16-14
12 or below
4. Craftsmanship: Neat, clean and
complete, skillful use of art tools
and media.
20 pts.
20-18
18-16
16-14
12 or below
5. Effort: took time to develop
idea, worked hard, completed
project and used art time wisely.
20 pts.
20-18
18-16
16-14
12 or below
Total Points:
100pts.
Approaching Did not meet required
Rate
Teacher
Expectations expectations/Incomplete Yourself Rating
(70-79)
(69 and under)
Student Teacher
Total
Total
Grade:
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most valuable skill or concept you learned from this project? How could you use this skill or concept in other art projects? What
do you like most about your project and why? If you were to do this project again, what would you do differently?
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