GREENE M.S. ART

The Sunflower Painting Project is a favorite at Jordan. Students study the work of three turn-of-the-century artists: Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri Matisse.They were prominent in three of the major Western art styles of that era: Impressionism, Expressionism, and Fauvism. After looking at the work of these three artists, and viewing a demonstration of various painting styles and techniques, students make a large scale painting in tempera, choosing a color scheme and carefully incorporating "double-loading" brushwork, sponge textures, and other specific techniques.