Introduction to still_life[1]

Still Life

A painting or photograph or sculpture of everyday objects that

don’t move

Still life paintings are composed of groups of every day objects:

They can be natural subjects, such as food, flowers, fruits or seashells

They can be manmade, such as cooking pots, bottles, clothing and other household objects

They can be photographs

paintings

or

3D pieces

Still Life can come in

any style

When creating a Still Life you may focus on different details

It may be the shape or form that is important to your work

It may be the colours

Or the spaces in between

Almost every famous artist includes still life in their work

Vincent Van Gogh

Henri Matisse

Salvador Dali

Georgia O’Keefe

Andy Warhol

Paul Cezanne

Look at the Still Life composition that has been set up in the classroom

You can include all of it …… or part of it ….. or you can make your own composition

Choose a position to view it from

Look at the materials that

are available to you and

choose your medium