FREEDOM - YOUTH

Collection

Work

Quote

Intentions

Think

Example

Videos

Material

Summary

Practice the basics

Expose

Theme

Appreciate

Celebrate!

JEAN PAUL'S QUOTE

"When I hesitate, I can't paint. When I paint, I never hesitate."

Guy Robert, Riopelle chasseur d’images, Montréal, Éditions France-Amérique, 1981, p. 272.

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FREEDOM COLLECTION

This collection gathers works and photos of archives around the theme of FREEDOM.

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POINT DE RENCONTRE - QUINTETTE

Jean Paul Riopelle, Point de rencontre - Quintette, oil on canvas, 428 x 564 cm, polyptych 5 pannels (1963) © Estate of Jean Paul Riopelle / SOCAN (2022)

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INTENTIONS

• Become acquainted with the work of Jean Paul Riopelle through the theme of freedom;
• Develop an ability to appreciate works of art;
• Develop an ability to create;
• Experiment with painting techniques.
• To appropriate the disciplinary vocabulary.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Create a painting with an all over composition by painting with spontaneous gestures.

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MATERIAL

• Sketchbook
• Pencils
• Eraser
• Large format rigid white cardboard
• Recycled cardboard, like an old box
• Liquid white glue
• Acrylic paint (yellow, blue, red, white and black) or Semi-liquid gouache (yellow, blue, red, white and black) + corn starch (half as much corn starch as you have semi-liquid gouache)
• Containers with covers to prepare the thickened gouache recipe
• Square brushes
• Painting knives (spatulas) or other tools or recycled materials that can be used to spread paint
• Containers for applying paint
• Matte water-based polymer varnish
• Black and white photocopies (tabloid format) of images from Google Maps showing aerial views of an area near your school that features a body of water
• Plastic tablecloth to protect the tables
• Sink with running water
• Internet access

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EXAMPLE

CREATE

• Create an all-over painting.

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PRACTICE THE BASICS

Exercises to experiment with impasto techniques (in which paint is applied thickly), as well as many other gestures.

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APPRECIATE

• On paper
• By playing the art appreciation game online

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VIDEOS

• 1 - RIOPELLE, A CHILD COMING INTO HIS OWN
• 4 - FREEDOM
• 12 - ALL OVER PAINTING

THINKING

• Observe your creation;
• Fill out the Integration Sheet.

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EXPOSE IN RIO GALLERY

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FREEDOM

Freedom can be defined as the ability to live without constraints, without having to submit to anyone else’s authority. To be free is to be autonomous; it’s having the ability to make choices.

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CELEBRATE!

To celebrate the end of the project, enjoy playing around with the creative game AN AMUSING REBUS.

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