Lesson Seven

Integrated Concepts • Language Arts: descriptive language, imaginative narrative, story elements • Science: weather, climate, seasons • Visual Art: color, texture, space, light, shape, line, art vocabulary

Paintings

or

drawings

that

depic

t (show) an outdoor mostly without people, buildings, or other

elements scene

are , called

landscapes

. Many people say landscapes make them feel calm, relaxed or peaceful.

If paintings that are mostly just about the outdoors are called

landscapes…

What would you call these paintings?

Explain why.

Like a story, a painting may have a

main idea

. Sometimes the

title

helps tell the main idea. What title would you give this painting? Explain why you chose that title.

Here is another artist’s painting of the sky. What title would you choose for this painting? Why do you think your title is a good one for this

artwork

?

Let’s compare and contrast these two paintings.

What do you notice in each about: • color?

• shape?

• texture?

• space?

• light?

• line?

Have you ever seen a sky that looked like this?

What

time of day

could it be when the sky looks like this?

What are the clues that tell the time of day?

What could the

weather

be like? How can you tell?

Does the

season

seem to be

winter, summer, spring or fall

? Why do think that?

Have you seen the sky look like this? Explain.

Can you

describe

what the artist has done in this painting to get the viewer to pay attention?

What does the

grid

make you think about?

Why do you think the artist chose to paint the sky this way?

How do you feel when you look at these paintings?

People often like to write about their

feelings

. How would you begin writing a

poem

or a

paragraph describing your feelings

about these paintings? How would you

describe

one of these paintings if you wanted to use it as a

setting

for a story?

If you were

composing

an

imaginative narrative

using either of these images as a

setting

, how could you begin? Which of the paintings would you choose as a setting?

What other

elements

could you add to the painting to bring

characters

or

events

to your story? (For example, a kite)

Information about the art and the artists

Title: “Flight” Artist/Dates: Herb Jackson, American, born 1945 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 48” x 60” Date: 1972 Title: “ White Clouds, Mooselookmeguntic” Artist/Dates: John Beerman, American, Born 1958 Medium: oil on canvas Size: 30” x 50” Date: 1994 Title: “Opid, France” Artist/Dates: Anthony Thieme Medium: oil on canvas Size: 11.25 “ x 15.25 “

What else would you like to know about the art or artists?

How could you find out?