Grandma Moses Inspired Fireplaces
Learning Targets
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- Create an original Grandma Moses Inspired Fireplaces using drawing techniques learned in class
- Use shape variation (geometric, organic, free form), line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal), and texture (actual, visual, implied)
- Use painting techniques (wash, wet-on-wet, dry brush, layering) and design principles (composition, movement, proportion) based on American Folk Artist (1860-1961) Grandma Moses
- Define Decorative Art (any type of art concerned with the utility, design, and decoration of objects rather than aesthetic qualities)
Lesson One
Day One, Art Start
1. Christmas At Home (1943) Grandma Moses
2. Read Winter Story by Jill Barklem
3. Discussion Questions "Did you know Grandma Moses did not start painting until she was in her eighties? What are thing you do to never stop learning, growing, or developing new abilities? How is perspective of this artist different from the artists of the Renaissance? Do you think untrained artists can be as talented as trained artists? How will you show firelight within your own artwork? What type of pet would you like to have: a sleeping cat, dog, reindeer, or hippopotamus? What does the fireplace look like in this painting? What do you put in a fireplace to make fire? Do you know what a chimney is any why its it is important?"
Lesson Activities
1. Choose 12" X 15" Painting Paper
2. Use ruler to draw three lines (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) for the interior (window, wallpaper) of the fireplace compositions
3. Use oil pastels to add patterns (swirls, dots, stripes) to the negative space (background) of the Grandma Moses Inspired Fireplaces
Day Two, Art Start
1. Retrieve Grandma Moses Inspired Fireplaces for Assigned Tables
2. Old Times (1957) Grandma Moses
3. Discussion Questions "How did Grandma Moses choose this professional name? Which of these time periods matches Grandma Moses lifetime? At what age did Grandma Moses begin painting? Who was the one that taught Grandma Moses how to paint? Who first discovered and recognized Grandma Moses as an artist? In what art movements is Grandma Moses artwork considered to be apart of? In what American city did Grandma Moses' career take off? What popular children's book did Grandma Moses illustrate? What might you expect to find in a biography about an artist such as Grandma Moses? Why do you think Grand Moses waited until she was a grandmother to paint?"
Lesson Activities
1. Add details (candles, wreaths, stockings, plants) to the positive space (fireplace) of the fireplace compositions
2. Add details (doors, balcony, shudders) to the positive space (interior, foreground) of the fireplace compositions
3. Use collage materials (scissors, glue sticks, fabric) to add details (toys, pets, curtain, trees, rugs) to the negative space (background) of the Grandma Moses Inspired Fireplaces
Day Three, Art Start
1. Retrieve Grandma Moses Inspired Fireplaces for Assigned Tables
2. Set Up Studio Area (oil pastels, tempera paint, paint brushes, water buckets)
Lesson Activities
1. Use tissue paper in warm colors (red, orange yellow) to add texture (actual, visual, implied) to the positive space (plants, fire, snow) of the fireplace compositions
2. Use neutral colors (black, grey, white, brown, tan) to fill in the positive space (fireplace, foreground) of the fireplace compositions
3. Use cool colors (blue, purple, pink) to fill in the negative space (curtains, trees, rugs) of the Grandma Moses Inspired Fireplaces
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