Mixed Media Bones

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create an original Mixed Media Bones using mixed media techniques learned in class
• Use line types (horizontal, vertical diagonal), neutral colors (black, grey, white), and space (positive, negative) inspired by American Painter (1887-1986) Georgia O'Keeffe
• Use drawing techniques (hatching, figure drawing, contrast, proportion) and design principles (composition, contrast, proportion) based on Modernism
• Define Proportion (size relationship of parts to a whole within the composition)

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start

1. Pelvis II (1944) Georgia O'Keeffe

2. Read Georgia's Bones by Jen Bryant

3. Discussion Questions "How is a photography from inside your body different from a regular photograph? What colors do you see? What kinds of lines can you find? What kind of shape can you find? What new title would you give this painting? Why do you think that the artist painted this painting? If you could change anything about this painting what would it be? What can be learned about an ancient society by studying artifacts? What makes humans want to predict the future? How can attributing special abilities to various community members impact power structures in society?" 

Lesson Activities

1. Choose 12" X 15" Drawing Paper 

2. Use pencil to add line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) of subject matter (bone) of bone drawings

3. Use line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) to add details (roses, feathers, fabric) to the negative space (background) of the Mixed Media Bones

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Mixed Media Bones for Assigned Tables

2. Pelvis With The Moon (1943) Georgia O'Keeffe

3. Discussion Questions "How would you tell someone about Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings? What are some photograph techniques she incorporated into her paintings? How as Georgia O'Keeffe inspired by other artists? Why did she say she painted skulls? Why do you think Georgia O'Keeffe draw the bones in her desert paintings? Why do you think Georgia O'Keeffe is an icon? What kind of stereotypes did Georgia O'Keeffe have to confront as a woman artist?" 

Lesson Activities

1. Use drawing techniques (blending, contrast, shading) to add value (highlights, shadows) to the Mixed Media Bones

2. Look at images of photographs of different human bones (skull, teeth, femur, ribs) when adding details (highlights, shadows) to Mixed Media Bones

3. Use white chalk to add contrast to the positive space (bones, foreground) and negative space (background, shadows) of the Mixed Media Bones

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Mixed Media Bones for Assigned Tables

2. Set Up Studio Area (charcoal, white chalk, colored chalk) 

Lesson Activities 

1. Use drawing techniques (blending, contrasting, shading) to add neutral colors (black, grey, white) to the background of the Mixed Media Bones

2. Use drawing materials (tortillas, kneaded erasers, conte crayon) to blend in the negative space (background) of the Mixed Media Bones

3. Use charcoal (vine, willow, sticks) for addicting finishing details (bones, foreground) of the Mixed Media Bones

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 Georgia OKeefe Desert Snails

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create an original Georgia OKeefe Desert Snail using drawing techniques learned in class
• Use warm/cool colors (red orange yellow; green blue purple), shape variation (geometric organic), and line types (horizontal vertical diagonal) inspired by American Artist (1887-1986) Georgia O'Keefe
• Use collage techniques (overlapping cropping layering) and design principles (composition movement balance) based on Modern Art
• Define Spiral (a curved line, shape, or pattern)

Lesson Activities
Day One, Art Start

1. Shell Number One (1928) Georgia O'Keefe

2. Read Georgia O'Keefe: The Art In The Desert by Britta Benke

3. Discussion Questions "What kind of characteristics would you attribute to Georgia's childhood? What kind of stereotypes did Georgia have to confront as a woman artist? What three factors made people call O'Keefe the most successful woman artist of the 20th century? Where was O'Keefe born? What would Georgia O'Keefe do when she noticed her work resembled otherS? What types of things did she paint? What does it mean to overwork your paper? When were Georgia's first giant flower paintings exhibited? What is the name of the famous ranch that Georgia visited and eventually bought in New Mexico?"

Lesson Activities

1. Choose 12" X 15" Drawing Paper

2. Draw three thumbnail sketches of shell using observational drawing skills (contour, continuous, outline) for shell drawings 

3. Add details (shadow, reflective light) to negative space (background) of the Georgia O'Keefe Desert Snails

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Georgia O'Keefe Desert Snails for Assigned Table

2. Red Hill And White Shell (1938) Georgia O'Keefe

3. Discussion Questions "How would you tell someone about Georgia O'Keefe paintings? What are some photograph techniques she incorporates into her paintings? How was O'Keefe inspired by other artists? Why does she say she painting shells? Why do you think Georgia drew the shells from her desert paintings? Why do you think Georgia O'Keefe is an American Icon?" 

Lesson Activities

1. Use drawing techniques (contour outline continuous) to add basic shapes (circle oval triangle) to the snail drawings

2. Use design principles (composition repetition gradation) to fill in the positive space (snail) of the snail drawings

3. Use drawing techniques (contour outline continuous) to add patterns (loops, swirls, waves) to the positive space (shell) of the Georgia O'Keefe Desert Snails

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Georgia O'Keefe Desert Snails for Assigned Table

2. Set Up Studio Area (oil pastels, erasers, pencils)

Lesson Activities

1. Use neutral colors (black brown white) to fill in the positive space (snail) of the snail drawings

2. Use neutral colors (black brown white) to fill in the negative space (background) of the snail drawings

3. Add design details (shadows, reflective light) to the negative space (background) of the Georgia OKeefe Desert Snails

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Contour Line Shells

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create an original Contour Line Shell using drawing techniques learned in class
• Use shape variation (geometric, organic), analogous colors (red, purple, orange; green, yellow, blue), and line types (straight, wavy, curved) inspired by American Artist (1887-1986) Georgia O'Keeffe
• Use observational drawing techniques (viewfinder, still life, composition) and design principles (balance, proportion, gradation) based on Modern Art
• Define Rendition (a drawing or painting of something an artist is looking at or has imagined)

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start

1. Two Pink Shells/Pink Shell (1937) Georgia O'Keeffe
2. Read Seashells by the Seashore by Marianne Berkes
3. Discussion Questions "What is different about these shells? How would you describe the shape of this shell? Do you think all these shells are the same shape? Do you see any patterns on this shell? How is this shell different from the others? Do you think this shell is rough or smooth? How do you think this shell would feel if you touched it? What shape is the shell? Is it shiny and smooth'? Is it bumpy and rough? Do you see any patterns on the shell? How many different colors do you see on the shell? How are these shells the same? How are these shells different? What animal could live in this shell? Do you see any patterns on these shells? What do they look like? Are any of the patterns alike? are any of the patterns different? Do the shells look smooth or bumpy? How are these shells similar to each other? How are they different? Are all the shells the same color? Do all the shells have the same pattern? Are all the shells shaped the same? Are some shells round? Are some shells shaped like a cone?"

Lesson Activities

1. Choose 12" X 15" Drawing Paper
2. Use geometric shapes (oval, circle, cylinder) to draw basic shapes of Contour Line Shells
3. Use value (lightness, darkness) to fill in the geometric shapes (oval, circle, cylinder) of the Contour Line Shells

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Contour Line Shells for Assigned Table
2. Red Hill and White Shell (1938) Georgia O'Keeffe
3. Discussion Questions "What kind of characteristics would you attribute to Georgia O'Keeffe? What type of stereotypes did Georgia O'Keeffe have to confront as a woman artist? When was Georgia's first giant seashell painting exhibited? What was Georgia O'Keeffe trying to express in her paintings? What was she trying to show you? Why do you think Georgia O'Keeffe used these colors? Is Georgia O'Keeffe trying to tell a story? If so, what? Where do you think Georgia O' Keeffe was when she was trying to paint this still life? How can you tell? What other clues do you see? Why do you think artists like to paint outside? Why is light important to artists?" 

Lesson Activities

1. Add line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) to decorative patterns of the Contour Line Shells
2. Use patterns (swirls, dots, stripes) to add decorative designs to the positive space (shells) of the Contour Line Shells
3. Use chalk pastel to fill in the negative space (background) with analogous colors (red, purple, blue; orange, yellow, green) of the Contour Line Shells

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Contour Line Shells for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (pencils, sidewalk chalk, tissue paper)

Lesson Activities

1. Blend analogous colors (red, orange, purple; yellow, green, blue) for the positive space (shell) of the Contour Line Shells
2. Add highlights (light source, reflective light) to the negative space (background) of the Contour Line Shells
3. Add illusion of depth by adding shadows (cast shadow, reflective shadow) of the Contour Line Shells

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Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired Grand Canyon

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create an original Georgia O'Keefe Inspired Grand Canyon using landscape techniques learned in class
• Use warm/cool colors (red, yellow; green, purple), texture types (implied, actual, visual), and space (positive, negative) inspired by American Artist (1887-1986) Georgia O'Keeffe
• Use landscape techniques (overlapping, perspective, illusion of depth) and design principles (repetition, composition, graduation) based on American Modernism
• Define Perspective (creating an illusion of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional flat surface)

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start 

1. Storm Cloud (1923) Georgia O'Keeffe
2. Read a Children's Book "Grand Canyon" by Jason Chin
3. Discussion Questions "What makes the Grand Canyon so special? How was the Grand Canyon formed? Why is the Grand Canyon an important site for geologists? Which United States state is the Grand Canyon located in? How big the Grand Canyon? What can tourists and visitors do at the Grand Canyon? What is the weather like in the Grand Canyon? How is each region impacted by their specific weather and climate? How do the physical features define the regions of the United States? What characteristics make each of them unique?"

Lesson Activities 

1. Use a ruler, compass, or straightedge to draw the scenery of the landscape drawing
2. Add objects (animals, grasses, wildlife, rocks, cacti, mountain ranges) within the scenery of the landscape drawings
3. Use black sharpies to outline the foreground (rocks, mountain range), middle ground (grasses, animals, cacti), and background (sky, clouds) of their Grand Canyon Drawings

Reminder:

• Initials & Home Teacher on Back of Paper

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired Grand Canyon for Assigned Table
2. Grand Canyon (1910) Georgia O'Keeffe
3. Discussion Questions "What is the Grand Canyon? How wide is the Grand Canyon? What is the maximum depth of the Grand Canyon? President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited in on numerous occasions to do what? Nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history have been exposed at the Colorado River and its tributaries cut the channels through what? For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by whom? The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon a what? Who was the first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon?"  

Lesson Activities

1.  Add texture (implied, visual, actual) in the middle ground (mountain range) of the landscape drawing
2. Use warm colors (red, orange, yellow) to fill in the foreground (mountain range, wildlife, greenery) of the landscape drawings
3. Use cool colors (green, blue, purple) to fill in the negative space (sky, clouds) of the Grand Canyon Drawings

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired Grand Canyon for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (erasers, felt tip pens, colored pencils)

Lesson Activities

1. Add highlights (sunlight, reflection) within the scenery of the landscape drawings
2. Add shadows (cast shadow, shadows) within the scenery of the landscape drawings
3. Add details (animals, mountains, rivers, deserts) within the scenery of the Grand Canyon drawings

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