The Surface

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Today we talked about staying on the surface, about noticing all that we can of what’s right in front of us.

 

Texture.

 

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Gesture.

 

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Composition.

 

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Detail.

 

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Story.

 

What did you notice?

 

2 thoughts on “The Surface

  1. It is fascinating to me that an artist spent so much time and detail on the ornate necklace piece which in the grand scheme of the painting must be pretty small. When there are small details like that it enables fantastic classroom discussion, when students move past the basic story I can get them to add more by asking about the jewelry or clothing or hair and speculate about what it tells us about the characters.

    1. Thanks for your comments daron! While we miss your participation in person, hopefully the posts will share a sense of what we’ve been dpi Garth museum this week.

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