Marilyn Fenn Studio

Painting by Cezanne
Mount Saint-Victoire
1902-1904
Class notes from Painting the Figure in space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Look at Cezanne’s Mt. St. Victoire – picture is divided in to 3 horizontal bands: dark and warm on bottom, medium, warm & hot in center, light & blue at top.

Class notes from Painting the Figure in space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Draw from center out. Work from bottom up, never top down.
Like riding a bike uphill.
Crunching up the space, like using your muscles. All this space to work with. Swooping down.
2D & 3D working together.
Books – Henry Moore, National Gallery, Sharaku.
Split planes, [...]

Class notes from Drawing the figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Mark Tobey drawing diagram of fly flying around studio – what’s behind you is as important as the rest. Fly’s eye view.
1. Cezanne drew from inside out
2. Yin/yang – figure/ground.
3. Color – reacts against what’s behind it.
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Painting by Paul Cezanne
Madame Cezanne in a Red Armchair
aka “Hortense Fiquet in a Striped Skirt”
oil on canvas
1877-78
Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space class taught by Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Look at Paul Klee’s “The Thinking Eye.”
Look at “Point and Line to Plane” – Kandinsky.
When drawing the figure in space, use empathy – project yourself [...]