SESSION 5: Printing

Jan Van Eyck: Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini 

and his wife

Characteristics:

·       Red open curtains.

o   Those curtains symbolises that she was open. 

·       Green dress.

o   Hope of a child in a future

·       Cherry tree.

o   Symbolises that she is ready to lose her virginity.

·       White cap

·       Mirror

o   The centre of the painting

·       Belly

o   Not pregnant; being fat was healthy.

·       Hely ground

o   Wooden shoesàpapers

·       Spherical mirror

o   Three people in the mirror

o   Also Van Eyck that at the moment was painting

·       One candle burning.

·       Ten medals around the mirror

·       It is not their bedroom; the bed is located in the living room.

o   Wealthy people

I have some experience in working with print, since I did the secondary of arts before university. I am used to using other types of materials, but it is great to be able to adapte the children in such a simple way.

It is also good to give them a foot to start and not to face the blank sheet, like we did. Choose something for your erasmus life (the views and the architecture), for your personal life (I play the flute)... and mix it.

 Sketch

Low ink

 Lots of ink