Romero Britto is a modern up and coming artist & painter becoming more of a household name in the artworld more and more everyday! Infact, I was just watching tv (reality tv that is, I know sad:/ )and low and behold, I spy with my little eye a Britto print in the background hanging on their wall!!! My friend Becky, another art teacher told me a while back to check him out....very intriguing style! He combines pop art, cubism like style, along with graffitti like interpretation! He's a Andy Warhol, Keith Harring, and Picasso all rolled in one! Based on his artwork you can definately pick out bold characteristics and elements and principles of art. Bold line. Bright colors and combinations of color. Pattern. All things my students should know!
I had my students look at the visuals projected on my white board and pic whatever subject they wanted. Then we talked about what we saw in the famous paintings. Color. And he also divided the drawing into sections with bold line and in each section there is a different color with a colored pattern. So I told me students to do the same. Draw one of the subjects. Divide into sections with pencil (so you can make changes and erase!). Then use crayon to trace over pattern only. And for stripes, do every other because....we're going to do watercolor over the large areas! It then becomes a watercolor crayon resist. Then, when dry, use black acrylic paint to make bold lines where you sectioned off the areas of pattern and color with pencil previously. Voila! Britto like paintings!
Romero Britto famous paintings and prints below
My students are just starting their Brittos, but I can't wait to show the finished products!
Look at the great start they have! (look below!)
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| apple |
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| heart with wings |
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| heart with wings |
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| apple |
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| heart |
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| cat |
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| butterfly |
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| heart |
