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Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired Skulls

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create a Georgia O'Keeffe Skull using drawing techniques learning in class
• Use line types (horizontal, curved, diagonal), shape variation (irregular, geometric, simplified), and primary colors (red, yellow, blue) inspired by American Artist (1887-1986) Georgia O'Keeffe
• Use observational skills (cropping, enlarging, focal points) and design principles (composition, contrast, balance) based on Modern Art
• Define Surreal (art expressing imaginary thoughts, feelings, and images)

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start

1. Cow Skull: Red, White, and Blue (1931) Georgia O'Keeffe
2. Georgia O'Keeffe (1977) Talking about her Life and Work
3. Discussion Questions "How would you tell someone about Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings? What are some photograph techniques she incorporates into her paintings? How was O'Keeffe inspired by other artists? Why did she say she painted skulls? Why do you think Georgia drew the bones in her desert paintings? Why do you think Georgia O'keeffe is an American Icon?"

Lesson Activities

1.  Choose 12" by 15" Drawing Paper
2. Use pencil to outline subject matter (nose socket, horns, eye sockets) of animal skull
3. Add details (roses, feathers, fabric) to subject matter (horns, antlers, eye sockets) of Georgia O'keeffe Inspired Skulls

Reminder:

• Initials & Home Teacher on Back of Paper

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Georgia O'keeffe Inspired Skull for Assigned Table
2. Cow Skull with Calico Roses (1931) Georgia O'Keeffe
3. Discussion Questions "Georgia O'keeffe explained that bones were her way of saying something about the county. The bones cut sharply to the center of something that was keenly alive in everyone. She wanted people to give our country a voice of its own. She once said "One cannot be an American by going about saying one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America, and then work."

Lesson Activities

1. Use drawing techniques (blending, contrast, shading) to add value (highlights, shadows) to Georgia O'keeffe Inspired Skulls
2. Look at images of photographs of different animal carcasses (cow, horse, deer) when adding details (horns, eye sockets, antlers) to animal skulls
3. Use white chalk to add contrast to the positive space (reflective light) and negative space (casting shadows) of the animal skulls

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired Skulls for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (vine charcoal, white chalk, colored chalk)

Lesson Activities

1, Use drawing techniques (blending, contrast, shading) to add primary colors (red, yellow, blue) to background of animal skull
2 Use drawing material (tortillon, kneaded eraser, conte crayon) to blend in the background (mountains, clouds, calico roses) of animal skull
3. Use charcoal (vine, willow, sticks) for adding finishing details (eye sockets, horns, nose sockets) to Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired Skulls

Artist Examples

Student Examples 

Apple Baskets 

Learning Targets 

I can...

• Create an original Apple Basket using drawing techniques learned in class
• Use value (shadows, highlights), form (two dimensional, three dimensional), and line (curls, swirls, waves) inspired by Post-Impressionist Painter (1839-1906) Paul Cezanne and Contemporary Artist (1994-Present) Vadim Puvandaev 
• Use design principles (composition, balance, gradation) based on Modern Art
• Define Outline (a line showing were one object ends and another one begins)

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start

1. Apples (2018) Vadim Puvandaev
2. "How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World" by Mallorie Priceman
3. Discussion Questions "What colors do you see in this painting? Do you see pink, red, turquoise, gold, green, black, brown, and grey? How many fruits are you going to draw? What colors will you use? How can you light your apples so that it looks different? Do you want to experiment with light and shadow right on your computer screen? Can you make the shadows bigger and more interesting? How do they look inside and outside? How does it change? Where do you like it the best? Do you see how the light changes the color? Do you see the highlight and the shadow?" 

Lesson Activities 

1. Choose One 12" by 15" Drawing Paper
2. Use pencil to trace three dimensional shapes (apples, pears, orange) onto drawing paper
3. Use pencil to outline basket template for Apple Baskets 

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Apple Basket for Assigned Table
2. Orange Flowers (2018) Vadim Puvandaev
3. Discussion Questions "Do you see any distorted angles and rough shapes in these paintings? Which fruits do you see in the foreground (close to you) and which ones look good in the background? Like Vadim, you can choose which items to include in your still life and where to place them. Consider putting some fruits inside or behind the basket and blending different colors to show shadows or reflective light found in nature. How many fruit are you going to draw? What colors will you use?"

Lesson Activities

1. Use warm colors (red, orange, yellow) to color in fruit (pears, oranges, apples) of still life
2. Use cool colors (blue, green) to color in background (sky, grass) of still life
3. Use neutral colors (brown, grey, black) to color in object (basket) of still life

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Apple Basket for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (oil pastels, erasers, pencils)

Lesson Activities 

1. Use neutral colors (black, grey, white) to add shadows (cast shadow, reflective shadow) to still life
2. Use neutral colors (black, grey, white) to add value (reflective light, highlights) to still life
3. Fill in positive/negative space with oil pastels to remove any white space of Apple Baskets

Artist Examples

Student Examples