2. Vital Statistics Nationality: United States Born: New York on Feb. 3rd 1894 Died: Stockbridge Massachusetts Nov. 8th 1978 He took a stand against prejudice, inequality, and stereotypes.
3. Key Historical Events World War 1 Entering into the U.S Navy His inspiration was life in America at the time so anything going on would have influenced his art work.
4. Key Personal Events When his first post cover appeared, the U.S entered into World War 1 Norman Rockwell joined the U.S navy for about one year, during his time in the navy he painted Married twice Lacked a carefree boyhood, could be why he prefers painting boys.
5. Stylistic Traits Favorite things to draw in order: boys, old people, girls, teenagers. Uses earthy colors Draws what you would see everyday nothing out of the ordinary Before making final copy do a draft in charcoal One main focus in the piece Always draws people
6. The Rockwell Recipe 1) Conceive the idea 2) Get it approved by art editor. 3)Choose model or models 4)Gather props 5)Pose, then later photograph model. 6)Do a series of small studies to work out ideas. 7)Make charcoal layout the size of the canvas. 8)Do a color sketch the exact size of the final reproduction. 9) Prepare the canvas. 10)Transfer the charcoal sketch to canvas. 11)Do the under painting in pure monochromatic strokes. 12)Lay in color. 13)Do the final painting with oil paint.
