WINTER BARNS LANDSCAPES

 Winter Barn Landscapes

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create an original Winter Barn using drawing techniques learned in class
• Use line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal), shape variation (geometric organic), and space (positive negative) inspired by Ohio Artist (1988-Present) Scott Hagan
• Use perspective techniques (horizon line, parallel, perpendicular) and design principles (proportion, balance, gradation) based on Contemporary Art
• Define Perspective (the representation of three-dimensional objects or spaces in two-dimensional works)

Lesson One
Day Two, Art Start

1. Brandau Farms (1983) Scott Hagan

2. Read Winter Barn by Dorothy Ripley 

3. Discussion Questions "What is the name of your using dark and light colors? what type of architecture is a barn? Why are old barns not torn down? Why are barns painting black in Kentucky? why are their quilts on barns? What do barn quilts stand for? Why do some barns have symbols on them? Did the artist achieve atmospheric perspective by using dark and light colors? Did the artist create create a barn that appears to be three-dimensional? what was your inspiration for your work?"

Lesson Activities

1. Use graphite pencil to draw the background (sky, clouds, hillside) of the winter barn paintings

2. Use graphite pencil to draw the middle ground (fields, houses, trees) of the winter barn paintings

3. Use graphite pencil to draw the foreground (bushes, animals, rocks) of the Winter Barn Landscapes 

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Winter Barns Landscapes for Assigned Tables

2. Chambersburgs Country Club (1921) Scott Hagan

3. Discussion Questions "What does this scene tell us about the area of the country in which the artist lived in? How does his artwork reflect the community around him? what kind of scenes were the objects of regionalists artists? How does his artwork different from other artists of the same era? Why are landscapes considered mediative? What is the different between landscapes, cityscape, and seascape? What is the background, middle ground, and foreground in this work of art?" 

Lesson Activities

1. Add patterns (stripes, waves, dots) to background (sky, clouds, hillside) of the winter barn landscapes

2. Add patterns (stripes, waves, dots) to the middle ground (fields, houses, trees) of the winter barn landscapes

3. Add patterns (stripes, waves, dots) to the foreground (bushes, animals, rocks) of the Winter Barns Landscapes

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Winter Barns Landscapes for Assigned Tables

2. Set Up Studio Area (paint brushes, tempera paint, water bucket)

Lesson Activities

1. Use warm/cool colors (red orange yellow) to paint in the background (sky, clouds, hillside) of the winter barn landscapes

2. Use warm/cool colors (green blue purple) to paint the middle ground (fields, houses, trees) of the winter barn landscapes

3. Use warm/cool colors (red orange yellow) to paint the foreground (bushes, animals, rocks) of the Winter Barn Landscapes

Artist Examples

Student Examples