Student Artwork Guide — Rock Warbler

Name Class Date

John William Lewin, Rock Warbler. Public domain.

The facts

Copyright This work is in the public domain. John William Lewin died in 1819; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 1889.

Rock Warbler — John William Lewin

Shaded: the lifetime of John William Lewin (1770–1819)

This record has no exact year on file — using the artist's lifetime and the work's style, what decade would you guess?

Duck-billed platypus, ornithorynchus paradoxus,, 1810 wikioo.org/en/art/john-william-lewin-duck-billed-platypus-ornithorynchus-paradoxus-9HTR4M-en/
Kangaroos in a landscape, c.1819 wikioo.org/en/art/john-william-lewin-kangaroos-in-a-landscape-c-1819-9HTR4N-en/
Kangaroos wikioo.org/en/art/john-william-lewin-kangaroos-9DHGGS-en/

Pick one work above: name two things it shares with this one, and one thing that's different.

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Measured from the image

Main colour

Rosy Brown #beb299

Catalogued palette

Palette: Neutrals The dominant colour family in the image.
Main colour name: Rosy Brown
Intensity: Balanced How saturated and varied the colours are, from a single toned-down hue to many bright ones.
Contrast: Gentle How much the colours differ in lightness and saturation across the picture.
Harmony: Unified Palette How well the colours work together, from clashing to fully unified.
Brightness: Brilliant How light or dark the picture reads overall, from deep shadow to bright highlight.
Saturation: Muted How pure and strong the colours are, from near-grey to fully vivid.

Born in United Kingdom

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MLA: Lewin, John William. Rock Warbler. n.d., https://wikioo.org/en/art/john-william-lewin-rock-warbler-9DHGHT-en/
APA: Lewin, John William (n.d.). Rock Warbler [Painting]. https://wikioo.org/en/art/john-william-lewin-rock-warbler-9DHGHT-en/
Chicago: John William Lewin. Rock Warbler. n.d. https://wikioo.org/en/art/john-william-lewin-rock-warbler-9DHGHT-en/
Harvard: Lewin, John William (n.d.) Rock Warbler. Available at: https://wikioo.org/en/art/john-william-lewin-rock-warbler-9DHGHT-en/

Rock Warbler — John William Lewin

Answer in your own words. There are no wrong answers here — only answers you can explain.

What catches your eye first, and why?
Which colours or shapes create the mood — and what is that mood?
Our catalogue files this work under: wildlife observation, bird illustration, natural landscape. Do you agree? What would you add, or take away?
Look back at Duck-billed platypus, ornithorynchus paradoxus, (1810), earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.
Themes that come back through the work of John William Lewin: early career work, australian flora/fauna, documentary style. Which of them do you see here?

Write a short paragraph about this artwork. Use the facts from the earlier parts of this guide, and your answers above.