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Procedures:
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Discuss
art prints—go over text pp 98-101 – Introduction to Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism.
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View
video: Arles: Vincent Van Gogh in the South of France
and go over Video Work
sheet
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Experiment
with water color techniques on 6”x12” strips of watercolor paper:
graded wash, spattering with toothbrush or paintbrush, salt texture,
paper towel lift/blotting – lifting with tissues – dripping in
alcohol – lifting with plastic wrap. Color plan is important! Try
graded wash with related colors. See
texture samples from this site.
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Try dry brush techniques over completed washes from previous day
if desired
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When
a minimum of three strips are complete-- tear strips and re-arrange
for landscape—working from background (furthest away – to
foreground nearest)—Start with sky (at top edge of mounting paper)
overlapping plains—finishing with foreground at bottom edge of
mounting paper. Demo gluing (thin line of glue ¼” from edges). Glue
to 12”x12” drawing paper with Elmer’s glue (larger paper may be
used). Alternate – cut paper into interesting edges (should not have
any straight edges except at very top edge, sides of paper – and
bottom edge of paper)
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Optional:
Add painted strips of construction paper or fadeless paper for
contrast
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Finish
with Vincent Van Gogh drawing techniques using Ultra fine point
Sharpie markers.
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Critique:
Write about your special place. Include the emotion expressed through
color. How were you inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh and
Claude Monet? Is there any one particular painting that you used fro
inspiration?
Closure: Review
concepts each day—Review some selected works of art each day.
Note
from Judy:
Van-Gogh Scapes meets Dr. Seuss -
in honor of Right to Read Week (from an old Getty list post)
These
are very easy.... (my sixth graders were driving me nuts...so I needed
something easy). Watercolor onto strips - I used 6"x12"
watercolor paper.... but the first time I did it years ago--I used cheap
drawing paper. I showed different experimental techniques (salt, wet 'n
wet, paper towel lift off, brush and tooth brush splatter, dry brush).
Kids experimented for two class periods. They tore the strips- starting
with a sky - glued sky to 12"x14" cardboard or tag board (did
12x12 paper before)-- then overlapped (Japanese Aerial perspective - like
Van Gogh - sort of). The last to be glued down was the foreground. When I
did this before we focused more on Van Gogh drawing techniques. Believe it
or not-- this year, I tied in Dr. Seuss too (they saw the Van Gogh video
on Tuesday--started on Wednesday --then "Dr Seuss
Thursday"--finished Friday and Monday was last day of class (kids
added more “fun” drawing stuff only)---I said it was easy. Kids had
fun adding Dr. Seuss type shapes, buildings and creatures. It was a hoot!
Alternate
Lesson: Pat Steir
"Looking
for the Mountain" by Pat Steir:
(no longer on Smithsonian site)
Smithsonian American Museum: Director's Choice.
Read - and listen to this one...
"When she wants to, she uses words with the same deliberate intention
that
she uses for visual elements in her art. She wrote on one print "Form
Illusion Myth"-the three stages of understanding. Form implies the
processing of data from our senses. Illusion is the synthetic picture that
we make out of this information. Myth is the meaning we attach to the
image." Student work will become "Steir-scapes" ...so may
ways to adapt this lesson to get the messages across the Pat Steir is giving us.
Pace
Prints http://www.paceprints.com/artistportfolio/artistportfolio.asp?aID=89
"Pat Steir's paintings and prints have been described as a
conversation with
the past -- specifically with certain art historical movements, from
Abstract Expressionism to Romanticism to traditional Chinese painting.
Working with these influences, Pat Steir explores the nature of visual
signs, symbols, and natural phenomena."
From
Crown Point Press - working in the studio:
http://www.crownpoint.com/artists/steir/
(five pages of images)
http://www.crownpoint.com/artists/steir/about.html
Crown Point Press even
calls her a printmaker - so I guess we can, too).
From Spraightwood:
http://spaightwoodgalleries.com/Pages/Steir.html
Artnet - six pages:
http://www.artnet.com/ag/fineartthumbnails.asp?aid=16078
More
from Artcyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/steir_pat.html
Add
text - use quilts by Linda Freeman for inspiration Linda's work:
http://www.landsvideo.com/lfreeman_01.htm
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Louise
Spell - Doll artists and painter - has sent this beautiful
handmade paper collage. You are welcome to save this image and show
it to your students. Look at the lovely textures and nature
inclusions. See larger image.
Louise made a visit to Hawaii and this is what she saw, the
mountains got her attention. The collage was made from used
watercolor paper (which is archival quality)- soaked it to get the
watercolor paint out and beat it in the blender and dyed some with
natural plants, then colored some with inks. She used some acrylics,
gold leaf and dried flowers to make the foliage. The name is The Mountains of Maui.
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