Art Around the World (K)

Vincent van Gogh

In this lesson the student will: Analyze Sunflowers, by van Gogh, and learn how artists paint expressively; Identify warm colors, circular shapes, and rough texture; Mix red and yellow paint to create shades of orange; Draw round and oval shapes and straight and curving lines to make flowers and vases; Paint still life of flowers, using thickened tempera and impasto brushstrokes.

Wassily Kandinsky

In this lesson the student will: Analyze Lines of Signs, by Kandinsky, and discuss how artists use symbols and colors to represent objects Identify geometric shapes and horizontal lines Create abstract picture stories using symbols Draw geometric shapes and repeated patterns Use oil pastels and “magic white” technique Paint washes of primary colors

Native American Zuni Kachina

In this lesson the student will: Analyze a picture of a Zuni Kachina doll and learn how Kachina dolls are carved; Learn how symbols are used to represent ideas Identify jagged and curving lines Sketch faces in proportion Create cut-paper masks to represent nature spirits Cut and layer geometric shapes for facial features

Pierre Auguste Renoir

In this lesson the student will: Analyze Renoir’s painting Children on the Seashore and learn how Impressionists create mood Identify the horizon line and warm and cool colors in the landscape Identify realistic figures and expressive Impressionist-style brushstrokes Mix blue and yellow paint to create green Paint seascapes with expressive lines, using fingers as tools

Persian Art

In this lesson the student will: Analyze a Persian miniature landscape showing a polo match and learn how pictures illustrate stories; Identify foreground, background and horizon line in the landscape Create landscapes with figures that tell stories Sketch stick figures in action poses Draw miniature houses, trees, birds, animals, and clouds Decorate borders with repeated patterns

Byzantine Mosaic

In this lesson the student will: Analyze the Byzantine mosaic The Court of Empress Theodora and learn how mosaics with ceramic tessera were made long ago in the Byzantine Empire Learn about reproductions of original art Find repetition of lines, shapes, and colors Sketch fish using outlines Arrange and glue down paper tessera, creating a rough surface Create paper mosaics of fish

Grant Wood

In this lesson the student will: Analyze Grant Wood’s American Gothic and his use of realism in portraits; Identify vertical and horizontal lines Learn how portraits tell about people Sketch facial features Create portraits using oil pastels

African Sculpture, Yoruba

In this lesson the student will: Analyze the carved picture on the African ivory box and learn about ivory and reasons for making decorative art Identify figures and patterns in the carved ivory box Identify texture and form in a 3-D sculpture Sketch outlines of hands Explore sculpting with clay Create 3-D clay plaques with handprints and patterns

Okajuma Toyohiro

In this lesson the student will: Analyze Toyohiro’s Four Accomplishments, No. 2 and learn about Japanese art and calligraphy; Identify vertical and diagonal lines, foreground and background Find trees, screens, calligraphy, and repeated patterns Sketch trees Print with corks and sponges Create tree screens using color to show seasons

French Tapestry

In this lesson the student will: Analyze a French tapestry and learn about the unicorn myth from the Middle Ages; Learn how weaving is done on a loom Identify vertical warp and horizontal weft Describe the rough texture, contrasting colors, and patterns in a woven fabric Weave a small tapestry

Henri Rousseau

In this lesson the student will: Analyze Rousseau’s fantasy Jungle Scene and describe what’s happening in the foreground, middle ground, and background Sketch leaf shapes and cut paper leaves and flowers Color leaves and flowers with chalk pastels Overlap shapes to create depth Create fantasy landscapes with hidden animals

Piet Mondrian

In this lesson the student will: Analyze Mondrian’s Composition #2 and learn how he painted abstract compositions Identify vertical and horizontal lines and rectangular shapes Balance lines and colored shapes Create abstract collages in the style of Mondrian