Our third grade artists started off this
unit discussing what a contour line is (the
outside or edge of an object) and how artists often create blind
contour drawings as an exercise for the eyes.
We also defined drawing from observation as drawing what
we see. Next, we brought in an object from nature
and created our own blind continuous contour drawings by carefully transferring
what we saw in front of us
onto our paper, WITHOUT LOOKING at
our composition! Students were amazed to see how much detail they
saw for the first time
after such careful observation. For some art appreciation and inspiration
we examined the American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and
discussed how she often zoomed in to
objects from nature such as flowers and
skulls, which categorized her work as ABSTRACT (artwork
that that realistic and often categorized by the use of geometric lines,
shapes, and bold bright color).
We started out own artwork inspired by O'Keeffe with creating a zoomed in view drawing. Students brought in everything from pumpkins,
leaves, gourdes,
and
shells. After that,
we had a
discussion on how VALUE is how light or dark a color is and
created out own value charts for homework with a colored pencil by
applying different amounts of pressure.
We continued to work on value charts in class by using a color plus
black or white to prepare for our monochromatic
paintings paying careful attention to the lights and darks on our object. Some our students zoomed in so much they
have truly abstract masterpieces, while others chose to include
more of the entire subject in their work.
The last part of this lesson was using complimentary
colors (colors
that are opposite on the color wheel and show the strongest contrast when put
together) in the background of our compositions and adding oil pastels to help blend the different values together. Students were so excited as they realized
many of their favorite sports teams including one that would be in the Super
bowl incorporated complimentary colors in their uniforms.
Georgia O’Keeffe, Red Canna, 1924
Georgia O'Keeffe,
Series 1, No. 4 , 1918
STUDENT WORK
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