Henri Rousseau
True or false:
Henri Rousseau is from Italy.
False
EXTRA: Where is he from?
A layout!
True or false:
Red and green are primary colours.
False.
Red is a primary colour, but green is a secondary.
EXTRA: What two colours make green?
True or false:
The foreground is in the back of the painting and do not have a lot of detail.
False, the foreground is in the FRONT and the objects tend to be larger with more detail.
True or false:
Henri Rousseau's full time job was a toll collector.
True.
Rousseau started painting when he was in his late 40's. Until then, he was a toll collector in Paris.
Why is composition important?
It helps our art look more pleasing to the eye!
Just like sheets of music to a musical instrument, or a recipe to a cake, composition helps us enjoy the art we look at when objects are placed intentionally.
True or false:
Henri Rousseau traveled long and far to other countries to explore jungles.
False.
Rousseau never left France. Instead, he visited gardens, visited the zoo, and used his imagination.
What is a technique that can help us make better compositions in our artwork?
- Rule of thirds
- Using our knowledge on fore-, mid-, and back- grounds
- Using a specific colour palette (complimentary, primary, harmonious, etc.)
- The list goes on...!