The Oak of Flagey (The Oak of Vercingetorix)
Gustave Courbet (1864)
★★★★★beginner friendly
Recreating this painting will help students understand how to create depth using atmospheric perspective and how to depict complex textures with broken color and visible brushstrokes. It also provides practice in simplifying a complex scene into manageable shapes and values.
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