TITLE of Gr 1 Project: Lots of Fruit Read and discuss the book Little Oink by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. MEDIUM: Crayon OBJECTIVES: The student Will Be Able To: BIG IDEA: Is Lots Better than One? 1. acknowledge that art can represent things in life ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Would you choose to eat 2. acknowledge that marks can define an object lots of fruit or just one piece? 3. identify and use light and shadow for 3D effect MATERIALS: 90 lb white cardstock 8.5X11” 4. create visual balance paper; pencils; crayons; pencils; lots of fruit 5. understand that art has significance 6. understand and use art vocabulary & concepts STUDIO PROCEDURES: 1. Look at the PPt about RELATED HISTORIC ARTWORK: Frans Snyders pointing out the super realism of PPt the objects and the abundance of objects. 2. Have the discussion using the key questions. 3. If with available, read the book Little Oink by Amy Grapes and Krouse Rosenthal. 4. Place an arrangement of Game by Frans fruit in front of the students, preferable in a Snyders, c. 1630, bowl. Suggestion would be to make a central still Oil paint on life and arrange their tables/desks around the Panel arrangement. 5. Demonstrate how to draw the TEKS: Grades 1. 1. a. b. (info from environment; still life using basic shapes as a guide. Point out use element of line, color and shape; use to the students where the fruit is light and where principle of balance) it is dark. Also encourage the students to fill the 2. a. b. c. (create art using shape; arrange objects whole space with their drawing. 6. Students will intuitively) turn their paper over and put their name on the 3. a. b. c. d. (historical art; share personal ideas; back – pressing lightly. 7. Students will draw the art in life; art in other disciplines) still life using a pencil from direct observation. 8. 4. a. b. c. (express ideas; express ideas in other Students will use crayons to color in their still life artwork; compile work in portfolio) AND the background. They will use lighter color SAMPLE OF ARTWORK: for the highlighted areas of the fruit and dark color for the darker areas of the fruit. 9. Allow Sample creativity in color usage and drawing. Artwork by RELATES TO OTHER CONTENT AREAS: Saatchi Art Math: measuring & geometric shapes Science: light, color, and repetitive patterns

VOCABULARY: Still Life: a or drawing of an arrangement of inanimate objects, typically including fruit and DISCUSSION: Would you choose to eat lots of flowers and objects contrasting with these in texture, fruit or just one piece? Does it look better for lots such as bowls and glassware. he action of repeating of fruit to be in a bowl or just scattered on a Shadows: a dark area where light from a light source table? What is a still life? Why is it called a still is blocked by an opaque object life? What things can be in a still life picture? Highlight: the lightest spot or area – part that Spend quality time asking the questions and receives the greatest amount of lightMark: a visible allowing the students to respond. This will impression on something; as a line, cut, dent, stain, inspire their own vision when they are ready to etc. make their pattern marks. Balance: an even distribution of elements 3-Dimensional: visual effect that is perceived to have height, with and depth, and having these three makes it a form

ART HISTORY Frans Snyders 1579-1657 Flemish Realism Still Life with Grapes and Game

By Frans Snyders (Flemish), Flemish Realism c. 1630 Oil on Panel of Art, Washington, DC

Would you choose to eat lots of fruit or just one piece? Does it look better for lots of fruit to be in a bowl or just scattered on a table? What is a still life? Why is it called a still life? What things can be in a still life picture? Frans Snyders was a Flemish (Dutch) painter. In the early 17th century he created a new form of still life by combining fruit and game into a single image. Snyders's lavish still lifes with a palette of bright and direct colors have a dynamic character unmatched by other artists. The focus of this painting is an enormous wicker basket filled with red and green grapes in the center of a table covered by a red tablecloth. A couple of grape vines, their withering leaves still attached, add complexity to the arrangement. A tazza filled with luscious black figs, a Wan-Li bowl with red grapes, and dead game birds —including a brace of partridge, a splendid male pheasant, and a woodcock—surround the central basket. A row of finches, clamped between the two halves of a stick that juts out over the table's edge, adds to the colorful mix. The fruit and game birds fill the picture space and even appear to extend beyond its limits, a device Snyders often used to indicate spatial extension beyond the confines of the picture itself, thereby enhancing the viewer's sense of immediacy. He achieved international fame for his imposing still lifes, which include large market scenes, hunting pieces, and tabletops brimming with fruit and dead game. Snyders often collaborated with (1577–1640), one of the greatest artists of the 17th century, which demonstrates the esteem with which Snyders was held in his lifetime. Snyders painted the still-life and animal elements in some of Rubens's compositions, while Rubens executed figures in some of Snyders's larger still lifes. Frans Snyder (from Art Smart Study Guide) (This info is directly from the 2019-21 UIL Art Smart Study Guide – share this in a simple way for Grade 1) Snyders was considered the best of his day. He made a new version of food still life popular by combining game birds and animals with fruits and dishes as he did here. He frequently included live animals in his still lifes to add movement and interest. He also created scenes of wild animals hunting or fighting. He was a close friend of Sir Peter Paul Rubens. The two often worked together, with Snyders painting still life features in Rubens's compositions and Rubens painting figures in Snyders's larger still lifes. Snyders pictured these dishes and foodstuffs much larger than life size, creating a suggestion of importance. Objects are shown very close to the front of the picture plane and visually pushed toward viewers by the dark background. Some of the game birds even extend beyond the edge of the table, seeming to reach out into our physical space. The ceramic bowl and stemmed metal dish behind it could not have been owned by poor people. Even the game birds carry a message of wealth, since only important land owners were allowed to hunt them. The artist's choice of objects and his way of presenting them give viewers a pleasant sense of being directly connected to good fortune and abundance. Frans Snyder (from Art Smart Study Guide) A variety of techniques add Ii veliness and visual interest to this painting of unmoving objects. Light and shadow show realistic three-dimensional form. Light reflects brightly from the smooth surfaces of the grapes, but not from the wicker basket. The contrast between the dark background and bright light falling on the fruit and game adds drama to the image. The warm red tablecloth contrasts with complementary cool greens of grapes and leaves. Compare the soft textures of feathers and leaves to the hard shine of the metal dish. Or the smooth surface of the bowl to the grapevine and leaves in it. Grapes fill the image with a rhythm of round shapes that create a feeling of energy. The rough triangle used to structure the composition gives it balance and stability. Still Life with Fruit, Dead Game, Vegetables, a Live Monkey, Squirrel and Cat Still Life with Fruit and a Cockatoo A Still Life of Fruit and Flowers with Roses and Tulips in a Glass Vase and Pieces of Fruit Still Life with Fruit and flowers Still Life of Fruit in a Wicker Basket Still Life with Maid

Is this still a Still Life, or is it more?