Tuesday, November 19, 2024
GRANDMA MOSES INSPIRED FIREPLACES
Grandma Moses Inspired Fireplaces
Learning Targets
I can...
- 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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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
LAUNDRY LINES
Laundry Lines
Learning Targets
I can...
- Create an original Laundry Lines using painting techniques learned in class
- Use line types (horizontal vertical diagonal), complementary colors (red green; blue orange; yellow purple), and space (positive negative) inspired by American Folk Artist (1860-1961) Grandma Moses
- Use drawing techniques (horizon line landscapes perspective) and design principles (balance proportion composition) based on Naive Art
- Define Narrative (a story or description of actual or fictional events)
Lesson One
Day One, Art Start
1. Taking In The Laundry (1951) Grandma Moses
2. Read Grandma Moses by Alexandra Wallner
3. Discussion Questions "Did you know she didn't start painting until she was seventy? Why did the artist like to draw happy, colorful scenes? How does Grandma Moses stitches contribute to the unity of this work? Where did Grandma Moses use diminishing perspective in this painting? Where can you find a pattern that repeats? How did Grandma Moses use stack perspective here? Could you figure out he story of this painting if you didn't know the title? Where did Grandma Moses use tints of color in this painting? What color repeats to move your eye around the painting?"
Lesson Activities
1. Use a ruler, compass, or straightedge to draw the scenery of the landscape drawings
2. Add details (trees, buildings, animals) within the background of the landscape paintings
3. Use colored sharpies to outline the foreground, middle ground, and background of the Laundry Lines
Day Two, Art Start
1. Retrieve Laundry Lines for Assigned Table
2. Wash Day (1945) Grandma Moses
3. Discussion Questions "What color repeats to move your eye around the painting? Where did Grandma Moses use tints? How do we know that the light green fields are farther way from us than the darker green ones? Where did Grandma Moses create atmospheric perspective? What repeating elements can you find in this painting? How does the color green contribute to the unity? Do you think it is easier to paint on a stretched canvas or on a board? How many different tints of green do you think Grandma Moses had to mix to paint this scene? What do you think Grandma Moses was trying to say with this painting? Does this little town look like some place where you would like to love or just visit? How is unity achieved in this painting?"
Lesson Activities
1. Add patterns (stars stripes swirls) to the positive space (clothing) of the landscape paintings
2. Use complementary colors (red green; blue orange; yellow purple) to fill in the negative space (background) of the landscape paintings
3. Use complementary colors (red green; blue orange; yellow purple) to fill in the positive space (foreground) of the Laundry Lines
Day Three, Art Start
1. Retrieve Laundry Lines for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (watercolor, oil pastels, paint brushes)
Lesson Activities
1. Add highlights (sunlight, reflective light) within the scenery of the landscape paintings
2. Add shadows (cast shadow, reflective shadow) within the scenery of the landscape paintings
3. Add details (snowflakes, tractors, animals) within the positive space (foreground) of the Laundry Lines
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