10/12/2025
Study / Giorgio Morandi's Still Life
Medium/ Gouache
Gouache Paint/ versatile, water-based paint. It is rich, velvety, vibrant and matte. Goes on like watercolour but is opague like acrylic without the plastic feel. It can be reactivated on the paper and worked on again.
Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1890 – June 18, 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialised in still life. His paintings are noted for their tonal subtlety and muted palette. His objects were mainly limited to simple subjects like vases, bottles, bowls, flowers and landscapes. He was even known to rarely change the vessels he painted, using them over and over again in his work.
What mentor Lauren finds intriguing is that he was a minimalist / which is very rare. Lauren has never met a minimalist artist yet! Google 'Morandi's studio' and see for yourself! He also rarely ever left his studio - he was happy alone, indoors and painting.
Morandi was mentioned to be one of the best 20th century Italian painters so we just had to have a go of creating our own works that were inspired by him.
We love how each student is different and the bold outlines that gives the illusion of shadow and space.
Slide 1. STUDENT WORK
Slide 2. Georgio Morandi, Still Life with Bottles & Pitcher. 1946. Oil on canvas.
Slide 3. Portrait of Giorgio Morandi
