Storytime with a Greek Myth
After listening to the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, students will point out things in the painting that represent the story as well as places where Castiglione used primary colors.
After listening to the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, students will point out things in the painting that represent the story as well as places where Castiglione used primary colors.
After reading the Greek myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha, students will analyze Castiglione’s painting and select one of their favorite stories to tell through art.
Students will closely examine Oosterwyck’s painting Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase and talk about what they think the flowers would feel like. They will then have the opportunity to touch real flowers, and compare the textures of the real flowers to their observations of those in the painting.
Students will play matching games about the seasons of the year, take a nature walk, and create a class painting of trees using Pissarro’s painting as inspiration.
Students will observe Blue Water and identify the various shapes and forms in the painting by putting together a puzzle of the object. They will then experiment with various other materials to gain a better understanding of how parts can come together to create whole images and structures.
Students will use their imaginations to shrink themselves small enough to fit into Philip Guston’s painting Blue Water. Once inside the painting, they will explore the water and shapes and use their five senses to write or tell descriptive stories about their experience in the painting.
This lesson asks students to mimic some of the processes that Sam Gilliam used to construct his painting Abacus Sliding. They will experiment with paints and unusual painting tools in an effort to understand how Gilliam achieved some of the artistic effects in the painting.
In this lesson children will have an opportunity to linger outside and watch the clouds go by. They will then use shaving and/or whipped cream to shape and sculpt the clouds that floated by, paints to explore the color of the sky, and movement to feel like a cloud. Children will compare these experiences to the clouds and sky in By June the Light Begins to Breathe.
After viewing and discussing James Walker’s Cowboys Roping a Bear, students will explore symmetry with their bodies and then create their own symmetrical drawings in pairs.
Children will explore and carefully examine Wilson Hurley’s Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by imagining different animals moving around the painting. They will also think about and experiment with the sound of water, inspired by the waterfall portrayed in the painting.
Students will look at William R. Leigh’s painting Greased Lightning and imagine stories that explain what might have startled the horse, then they will have the chance to act out their imagined stories.