Finished Rousseau

Here is a small sampling of the finished Landscape paintings in the style of Henri Rousseau.

When we talked about how to fit all of the animals (and one bug) into the painting we discussed depth and composition. 

Rousseau

A few weeks ago my students and I began studying Henri Rousseau, specifically his jungle paintings, and paintings by other artists bearing similarity. We tackled this complex landscape painting by breaking it into two parts: figures and background. First though we sat and talked about what we were looking at and why we were seeing what we saw.