So at this point you have sketches (hopefully a number of sketches); and you may also have have photos. In addition you have your memory and your feelings AND YOUR BRAINS. As Cezanne says: "There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other" .
You have a desire to make a work of art based on related sensations you've experienced. You also have other works of art that may help shape your thoughts as well. And they are all with you now singing to you about creating a new work of art that expresses your own vision.
What next?
There are different ways to solve the mystery. One important thing you must do is work with and evolve your composition.
Composition means how you organize your work using all the elements of design. It means how will you use space, color, line shape, texture, surface, brush stroke, tone, value. For me size and mediums and materials are also a part of composition. Decisions about complexity and simplicity, about detail and completeness, and what's put in and what's left out also are part of composition. What is your theme and what are your motifs, your distinctive or recurring forms shapes or figures? What do you want to place emphasis on? What will the painting "say"? For me composition is everything.
--A painting that is well composed is half finished. (Pierre Bonnard)
So you will need to be open, and you will need to experiment to find the right path.
Below are some water color examples of Cezanne working with composition. He did many painting of this scene of Mont Sainte Victoire, in Aux In Provence France. Your name!
**Click images to enlarge**
A photo of Mount Sainte Victoire and a map of the walking trail Cezanne used:
****Click link below to see some school children's landscapes inspired by Cezanne:
Here's another example: Picasso sketches used to complete his masterpiece Guernico:
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| Guernico |
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| Shenandoah sketch |
Using a computer:
A lot can be done with just paper, scissors, and pencil or charcoal; but the computer can be useful sometimes.
Using the Paint software program you can experiment with color relationships. Below is a quick charcoal drawing on grocery bags which I then photographed and loaded into the computer.This is a painting I've made many drawing for. Once you have a jpeg file to can work on it and try out some colors. Obviously you don't have to use a computer to test color. It's just convenient sometimes.
Using motifs from famous paintings and moving objects around with paper and scissors and with PowerPoint:
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| Agnolo Bronzino Venus |
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| Titian Venus |
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| Ingres Venus |
Sketches for something I'm working on--Three Venuses
Using themes and motifs from the work of other artists. I tried placing the three figures in different positions.
I like this arrangement better -- Also-- moved the left and right Venus down to acheive more of a triangle composition.
Trying touches of red white and blue color. Using Paint program on a jpeg image saved from PowerPoint file.
You can tape sheets of paper to a board and work with charcoal to begin to make decisions about lines and shapes. You can also use gouache paint to see color combinations, and it's easy to clean up because it's water based. Of course you can also use pencil and watercolor, or crayons. Pastel too but it's messier and you need more room. I like using the A1 or A2 size paper. You can tape it together if you want it bigger.
Use what ever is comfortable to you-- pencil, pen, charcoal, crayon, brush.
Realted websites for further study:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/27/AR2006032701589.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/st-victoire/798/
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/c/paul_cezanne/index.html
http://www.brentwood.k12.mo.us/marktwain/jdavis/K1011cezannelandscape.htm
http://www.selfdiscoveryportal.com/Conquest.htm
http://jennifereyoung.blogspot.com/2006/05/thoughts-on-cezanne-in-provence.html
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