Photorealists; Sarah Graham and Joel Penkman

What is Photorealism?

• Photorealism is when artists created their own impressions of objects and scenes.

• Photorealism rejected the painterly qualities and instead strove to create pictures that looked photographic.

• Photorealism in art was a combination of photography and painting.

• Photorealism was paintings in which the brushwork and paint was very evident

What would you say are characteristics of Sarah Graham's artworks?

• She paints sweets and cakes in an impressionistic style

• Dark dull colours and lots of brown and muted tones

• Bright vivid colours, fun subject matter and a polished, realistic style

• She uses bright colours to paint portraits and landscapes

What is credit information in Art?

• The title of the artwork and the year it was painted.

• The museum or gallery where the painting is located

• How much money the painting sold for

• Artists name,  Name of painting,  Medium,  Year painted,  Size,  Where located(if possible)

Describe the Egg tempura process.....

What artist uses Egg Tempura?

What are some similarities between Sarah Graham and Joel Penkman?

• The both like to paint sweets, cakes and other food items

• They both use bright, vivid and heightened colour schemes

• They both use the traditional painting method of egg tempura

• The both paint in a photorealistic style from photographs that they take themselves