Art Update

Henri Matisse

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Birth Name: Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse
Born: 31 December 1869 [Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France]
Died: 3 November 1954 [Nice, France]
Movement: Fauvism, Modernism
Contemporary With: Picasso, Paul Cézanne, Juan Gris
Official WebSite: Matisse
Interesting facts:

[Drawing Tutorial] 1. The Making of the Eye

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Drawing instruments:
- a charcoal pencil
- a graphite pencil
- a paper blending stick
- a rubber [preferably a putty rubber]

I started by drawing a sketch of the eye [a very close picture of someone's eye is always very helpful because you will be able to see the lines, the light and the intensity]. Be sure to leave a white round space near the pupil for the light source [if you forgot to do so, you might be able to save it later with a rubber].

The most common mistake when drawing an eye is that you tend to forget about the strokes of the pencil and 'colour it pretty'. If you look very closely to an eye, you will see that if you want to stay in touch with reality you will have to fill in the eye with short strokes of the pencil, like it is shown in the pictures below [I am very sorry for the quality, the next ones will be better].

After you have finished with the filling of the area around the pupil, use your paper blending stick in order to mix the strokes of pencil. You will then need to use your putty rubber to add a little light to the eye you have just drawn. The eye is now close to being finished. Just add the upper and the lower eyelashes and you're done!

Pablo Picasso

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Birth Name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santísima Trinidad
Born: 25 October 1881 [Malaga, Spain]
Died: 8 April 1973 [Mougins, France]
Movement: Cubism [a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque]
Contemporary With: Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne, Juan Gris
Official WebSite: Picasso.fr [in English, French or Spanish]
Interesting facts: - He almost died at birth. His uncle saved him and declared him the luckiest baby on Earth.
- He started painting at an early stage. When he was 9 he drew Hercules. The drawing wasn't perfect but that's when his father realised his son's talent.
- He dropped out of the Academy of Arts in Madrid after a year of joining it.
- At the age of 19 he moved to Paris where he lived with a friend Max Jacob who was a journalist and a poet.
- He had no money so he burned many of his paintings to keep himself warm.
- 1901 to 1904 the Blue Period
- 1905 to 1907 the Rose Period
- The shades of blue and rose he used were the cheapest on the market.
- During his career he created over 20,000 works.

Contact

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