Discovering Line with Vincent van Gogh: How to Draw, by Rob the Art Teacher

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What can we learn from Vincent van Gogh’s line drawings? A lot! They are like an encyclopaedia of mark-making. This video art lesson takes a close look at van Gogh line drawings and presents 4 simple activities for unlocking your own line drawing style.
Suggested drawing materials:
Fountain pen (ink writing pen)
Graphite pencils (HB - 12B)
Charcoal pencils (or charcoal sticks)
Wax pencils
Colour pencils (colour crayons)
Graphite sticks
Black marker pens (various sizes)
Brush markers
Hair paint brushes
Bristle paint brushes
Damaged brushes
Paper stump
DIY plastic pen (homemade)
Twigs
Cotton buds
String
Ink
Other found items that you could dip into ink and draw with
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Rob Garrett is an accomplished art teacher, writer, and curator. With fine art and art history degrees from leading New Zealand Universities, he is a qualified teacher with experience teaching art to all ages, having worked in primary (elementary) schools, high schools, and higher education art schools (academies), including a time as the Head of New Zealand’s oldest art school, in Dunedin. His public service includes periods as a senior manager of arts development and as a Council member (governance) with New Zealand’s arts council. His international work with artists has included directing and establishing artist residency programmes, managing New Zealand’s presence at the 2005 Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art, and curating numerous public art exhibitions, festivals, and city-wide programs.
Vincent van Gogh drawings -- CREDITS & LINKS:
Harvest -- The plain of la Crau (1888), reed pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper, 24.2 x 31.9 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
www.nga.gov/collection/art-ob...
Two Self-portraits (1887), pencil & pen & ink, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Va...
Fishing Boats at Saintes-Maries, (late July-early August 1888), reed pen and ink over graphite on wove paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GU...
A Garden with Flowers (August 1888), private collection
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Va...
Sower in the Rain (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, March-April 1890), pencil on paper, 23.9 cm x 27.3 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...
Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman (Auvers-sur-Oise, May 1890), pencil, brush and oil paint and watercolour, on paper, 44.3 cm x 54.0 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...
Street in Saintes-Maries (1888), reed pen, Private Collection
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Va...
Public Garden with a Corner of the Yellow House (Arles, late April 1888). Private Collection
www.vangoghgallery.com/catalo...
Orchard with Arles in the Background (April 1888), The Hyde Collection, New York
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vi...
Starry Night (June 1889), ink on paper. Shchusev Museum of Architecture, Moscow
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Va...
Garden with Flowers (1888), pen & ink 24 x 31.5 cm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Go...
Field with Farmhouses (Arles, April 1888), pencil, pen and reed pen and ink, on paper, 25.7 cm x 34.7 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...
Landscape with Hut in the Camargue (May-June 1888), Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La...
La Crau Seen from Montmajour (Arles, July 1888), chalk and pen and ink, 49 x 61 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...
Park with Fence (1888), ink on paper, 31.9 x 24.4 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...
More drawings here:
www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
MUSIC:
This video uses the music “The Lounge” from www.bensound.com

Пікірлер: 38

@adrianamorales5434 5 ай бұрын

Que hermoso, ha sido muy útil para mi. Muchas gracias.

@RobtheArtTeacher 5 ай бұрын

¡Muchas gracias por tus alentadores comentarios!

@petersheather7130 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob. Your ideas will reinvigorate my art class.

@RobtheArtTeacher 2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! Thanks for your encouragement!

@homafattahi4073 9 ай бұрын

An inspiring video- THANKS Rob.

@RobtheArtTeacher 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback!

@kouenshi7926 10 ай бұрын

This is wonderful ! Thank you so much I learned a lot

@RobtheArtTeacher 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your response. It means a lot to me!

@CSchaeken 9 ай бұрын

I also wanted to say that you are one of the very, very few non Dutch speakers who pronounce the name Van Gogh correctly!👍👍

@RobtheArtTeacher 9 ай бұрын

Oh, thank you so much!! 🥰

@Tony-1950 8 ай бұрын

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@RobtheArtTeacher 8 ай бұрын

Wow!! Thank you!

@jenniferahmad 2 жыл бұрын

BTW, he used improvised pens made from reeds, just with a split in the sharpened end and dipped in ink for these works. You can also use bamboo.

@RobtheArtTeacher 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Van Gogh is such a good model for young artists because we can see him experimenting and learning as he goes. I think it is so important for students to experiment with materials and to create improvised art tools. During the long months of pandemic lock-down and online learning in 2020, my students took great delight in finding unusual art materials around the home. Thank you for your inspiring comment.

@yvonneyakphoto2285 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I’m just starting to draw and this was very inspiring!

@RobtheArtTeacher Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to hear that! Best wishes on your drawing journey!

@matthewhedlund9675 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video! I'm teaching with the TAB philosophy this year, and your videos are a great help. Thank you for sharing.

@RobtheArtTeacher Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your encouragement and affirmation. I wish you great success and inspiration in your classroom!

@susanfield2444 8 ай бұрын

Facinating

@RobtheArtTeacher 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

@CSchaeken 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video, thanks!

@RobtheArtTeacher 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback!!

@user-wn6de8dh3i 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for bullions time.i

@RobtheArtTeacher 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@emmalouie1663 2 жыл бұрын

also, it's said that Van Gogh was not a naïve artist, if one looks at his older drawings, a lot of perspective planes can be seen, not flat colorful renderings but more complicated scenes of proper perspectives

@RobtheArtTeacher 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I would not describe him as a naïve artist even though he was self-taught, because he was always trying to learn from academic art methods and as you say, he did a have a good spatial sensibility. It just took him a while to acquire all the skills he needed to render perspective convincingly.

@julioluna3366 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful explanation!!!

@RobtheArtTeacher 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤗

@jhun8838 3 жыл бұрын

Good video

@RobtheArtTeacher 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@EraQuisnamVigila 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, could you make a list of all your pens, pencils brushes etc in the credits and links? I don't mean where you bought them, just a useful list of implements, as your accent is quite strong. Thank you.

@RobtheArtTeacher 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. I have added the following list to the description. Brands are less important than experimenting for yourself with a range of soft and hard drawing materials that you can find locally. Suggested drawing materials: Fountain pen (ink writing pen) Graphite pencils (HB - 12B) Charcoal pencils (or charcoal sticks) Wax pencils Colour pencils (colour crayons) Graphite sticks Black marker pens (various sizes) Brush markers Hair paint brushes Bristle paint brushes Damaged brushes Paper stump DIY plastic pen (homemade) Twigs Cotton buds String Ink Other found items that you could dip into ink and draw with

@EraQuisnamVigila 2 жыл бұрын

@@RobtheArtTeacher Thank you. That's really helpful.

@renzo6490 8 ай бұрын

Perhaps van Gogh filled his page from edge to edge , but within the edges he seems to have often left blank areas for the eye to rest. Readers note: unless you are at the first word in a sentence, the name is spelled with a small v...van Gogh. And, I THINK that 'van' is pronounced by the Dutch more like 'fan'. But I'm not sure.

@RobtheArtTeacher 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your feedback. Great observation about the edges. The 'van' is pronounced as a very soft 'f' which often sounds very similar to a soft 'v' but the 'o' in 'von' is very different from the 'a' in 'fan'.