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Kindergarten Still Life April 13th 2020
Kindergarten Art Lesson: April 13, 2020
Learning Target: Students will create artwork that communicates ideas about indoors. Background: This is a review lesson from earlier in the school year ● Students learn to produce a line using crayon, pencil or marker. ● Students learn to identify and use shapes. ● Students learn to identify and use color. Let’s Get Started: Listen to this read aloud: Van Gogh and the Sunflowers, Laurence Anholt
Van Gogh was a Post-Impressionist artist who painted sunflower still lifes during the mid-late 1800’s. Let’s Get Started: What do you see in this still life? Practice #1: Which of these are a still life?
Which one shows objects that are inside and not a person or place? Practice #2: Which of these are a still life?
Which one shows objects that are inside and not a person or place? Practice #3: What colors did Vincent Van Gogh use in this still life?
How do the colors make you feel? Practice on your own: creating shadow still lifes Practice on your own: creating shadow still lifes Step 1: Gather materials. You need a piece of paper, something to write with and a small object from your house. Make sure you ask an adult if you can use it first! Practice on your own: creating shadow still lifes
Step 2: Ask an adult if you can go outside. Find a sunny spot where there’s a flat area to draw. Place your object on the paper and trace it. Practice on your own: creating shadow still lifes
Step 3: Go back 1.) 2.) inside, and draw the inside detail you see on the object and give it a background with at least 3 details. 3.) Think of things in your house you could draw around it. Practice on your own: creating shadow still lifes
Step 4: Color your still life. Be sure to color like an artist: color in all the white space and color in the same direction. MORE Practice on your own: Try to draw this Vincent Van Gogh sunflower still life painting using the online paint game from HERE Self Check: Go tell someone in your home your answers.
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2. Set up your own still life in your home!