Gauguin: Two Tahitian Women (excerpt)
Bring a piece of art history into your home as you paint the tropical sensuality of Tahiti in this iconic portrait by Paul Gauguin.
Gauguin's Tahiti series brought the warmth and uninhibited sensuality of the tropics into the drawing rooms of France. It was considered quite shocking at the time.
Capture her wistful expression as she offers up a plate of sliced mango fruit.
Stage 2: Blocked in (from Tone - Blocking - Texture - Detail)
The glorious tropical palette of colours
Gauguin, Two Tahitian Women, 1899
94 cm x 72 cm
To devise this lesson plan I worked from the original and:
- Analysed the colours
- Worked out how to mix them using the Chevreaux Colour System
- Analysed the composition
- Painted several versions
- Assessed what was going to be feasible and enjoyable for students to paint, and how long it would take.
Workshopping Gauguin
What will we learn in this painting?
- Impressionist style
- Portrait painting
- Hands
