Up: [[Artists and Art Movements]] Related: [[Expressive Art Ideas - A Long List]] Created: 2024-07-04 Henri Rousseau was considered the godfather of Naïve Art. Here's his painting, 'The Dream'. He painted it after visiting botanical gardens. The woman is his mistress. ![[Henri_Rousseau_The Dream.webp]] The rules of naïve art are that there are no rules. Do as you wish. If you want to include a pink snake, a nude woman or a divan in a jungle as Henri Rousseau did, go for it. It doesn’t matter if it has no connection to the real world. Take any detail and turn it into a repeating motif — i.e., the flowers Use lots of bright saturated colour. Ignore the rules of perspective. Put things wherever you want. Be serious only about being playful.