Discovering Great Artists : Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters / Maryann F
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DISCOVERING GREAT rtists Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters MaryAnn F. Kohl Kim Solga illustrations Rebecca Van Slyke BRIGHT IDEAS FOR LEARNING CREDITS Illustrations Rebecca Van Slyke Artist Portraits Kim Solga Typography textype, Trish Lemon, Dorothy Tjoelker-Worthen Cover Design MaryAnn Kohl Cover Illustration Christina Critelli, age 6 Back Cover Trish Lemon, Joe Shahan ISBN 0-935607-09-9 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-71761 COPYRIGHT © 1996 MaryAnn F. Kohl and Kim Solga All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electric or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of the publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America 1st printing May, 1997 10 Attention: Schools and Businesses Bright Ring Publishing, Inc.’s books are available for quantity discounts with bulk purchase for educational, business, or sales promotion use. Please contact: Bright Ring Publishing, Inc. PO Box 31338 Bellingham, WA 98228-3338 office ph. 360-734-1601 fax 360-676-1271 order ph. 800-480-4278 Publisher’s Cataloging in Publication Data (Provided by Quality Books, Inc.) Kohl, MaryAnn F. Discovering great artists : hands-on art for children in the styles of the great masters / MaryAnn F. Kohl, Kim Solga; illustrations, Rebecca Van Slyke. p. cm. – (Bright ideas for learning) Includes indexes ISBN: 0-935607-09-9 SUMMARY: Approximately 80 visual artists, from Giotto to Van Allsburg, are featured in this collective biography, which also includes instructions for art projects which correspond to each artist’s style or technique. 1. Artists – Biography – Juvenile literature. 2. Art – Technique – Juvenile literature. I. Solga, Kim. II. Title. III. Series. N42.K64 1997 709.2'2'024054 QBI97-40470 DEDICATIONS In memory of my parents, Jay and Betty Faubion, who read to me every night of my childhood. - MAK To Nici, who was always willing to try out an art project for her mom. - KS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Deepest gratitude and praise to the young great artists who contributed to this book with their original works of art: Aaron Avsshai, age 12, Lake and Sky Jared Lollar, age 8, Invasion from Mars Megan Kohl, age 7, Sunset Watercolor Jenny Lemon, age 7, Chomp, and Wiggly Melinda de Bruin, age 8, “You&Me” Amanda Schwittay, age 7, Woven Mat Watercolor Design Picture Amy King, age 7, Girl Portrait Jesse Pennington, age 11, Foil Duck Morgan Van Slyke, age 1, Paper Collage Ashley Cole, age 6, Tesselating Puppy, Jesse Vander Hoek, age 8, Facial Nici Smith, ages 9-12, Chalk Fish, Robot inspired by a tessela from Dale Seymour Expressions Collage, Wire Man, Cowboy Sculpture, Publications Jodi Drost, age 9, Quilt Scene, and Winter Desert Watercolor, Watercolor Flower, Chad Noward, age 7, Squirrel Barn Horse of Dots Christina Critelli, age 6, Bridge Jordan Drost, age 10, Dancing Cow, and Peter James, age 7, Jungle Christina Critelli, age 6, Starry Night Ladder Chair Rob Harweger, age 8, Gallery Picture David Royce, age 7, Paper Collage Katherine Shelley, age 8, Asthma Camp Ryan Phillips, age 12, Name Plaque Davin LaRue, age 5, Paper Shapes Katie Rodriguez, age 8, Girl’s Profile Sally Ann Mitchell, age 6, Egg Flowers Geneva Faulkner, age 8, Mother, Baby & Kim Dettman, age 12, Cloudy Sky Scott Brandl, age 8, Loon Angels, and Self Portrait Kim Solga, Student Art Tara McKinney, age 8, Pitcher with Flowers Hannah Kohl, ages 6-8, Queen, Wagon and Kyle Casteel, age 8, Birthday Poster Tatiana Huaracha, age 8, Camping Picnic, Pig, and One-Line Cat and House Madeline Vander Pol, age 7, Dog Feeder and Dinosasur with Foil Jackie Lemon, age 9, Tree House Matt Means, age 8, smiling boy in Jacob Aiello, age 8, Baseball Box photograph Thanks to Fred W. Smith, Mt. Shasta, California, for his photography throughout the book. Original art of the following artists is used with permission from Planet Art CD ROM Royalty Free Graphics, Beverly Hills, California: Dürer, Rhinoceros, 1500 Magritte, c. 1950 Toulouse-Lautrec, 1891, Moulin Rouge Kahlo, c. 1940, Self-Portrait Michelangelo, 1512, Father God La Goulue Limbourg Brothers, 1413, Tres Riches Raphael, 1510, Madonna della Sectia Van Gogh, 1888, Sunflowers Heures Rembrandt, 1642, Night Watch Linnaeus, c. 1760, Sunflower Rivera, c. 1945 “A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” - Michelangelo Dedication 3 Introduction Discovering Great Artists offers children required to learn the history of each artist Discovering Great Artists offers art hands-on activities to explore the styles or the eras or movements they represent. activities to expand the creative and techniques of the world’s greatest The information on each page is offered as experience and awareness of children in artists. Each art process focuses on one a source of reference and inspiration for all aspects of the visual arts through: style and one artist. A brief biography and interested learners. Don’t be surprised if painting, drawing, printing, sculpture, portrait of each artist adds depth and children want to collect information about architecture, and other manipulations of art interest to the art project. The most different artists much the way they collect materials. The activities in this book work important aspects of the art projects are baseball cards and statistics. well for all ages and abilities, from the discovery, exploration, and individual most basic skill level to the most creativity. The finished product will be an Discovering Great Artists encourages challenging. Repeat projects often and see indirect benefit. children to learn by doing, to become new outcomes and learnings each time. familiar with new ideas. If a child Discovering Great Artists introduces experiences painting with the impasto Discovering Great Artists encourages children to the great masters. Many great paint van Gogh used in his swirling, children to expand their knowledge. artists will be familiar names, like expressive brushstrokes, then that child Getting to know great artists will inspire Michelangelo, da Vinci, Picasso, Rembrandt will feel more comfortable and familiar as children to read books, visit museums, go and van Gogh. Other names will perhaps an older student or adult studying van to the library, collect information, and look be new, such as Arp, Nevelson, Hokusai, or Gogh. Imagine visiting a gallery in Paris at the world in a new way. They will begin Paik. Each featured artist has a style that is and seeing that same impasto style by van to encompass a greater sense of history and readily imitated and explored by children, Gogh in person! Many children have art appreciation and see themselves in the with a life history that will inspire or add expressed that it is like meeting an old scope of time. Perhaps they will be inspired depth to the experience. Try one or try friend. to carry art in their hearts as they grow and them all! The most important thing for the child is develop. They are already great artists in to explore new art ideas and techniques. every sense of the word. Discovering Great Artists is a book of Above all, the activities are “open-ended”. exploring. Young children are usually most It is up to the child to decide exactly how interested in the process of art, not the his or her work of art will turn out. finished product, and may or may not Independent thinking is encouraged, while show interest in the associated art history skills and responsibility are enhanced or art appreciation. Many will be curious through individual decisions. and can absorb as much as their interests allow. Most older children will want to know more about the artist’s life and how it affected the artist’s style. No one is 4 Introduction Art Resources Resources for wonderful art materials are everywhere • Mommy, It’s A Renoir, series • Bright Ideas for Learning, series, art activity books by you look – in libraries, in stores, in museum shops, in Provides a system of games and activities that teach MaryAnn F. Kohl, Bright Ring Publishing, Inc., catalogs, in the trash! Once you start looking, they will children about great artists and their paintings. PO Box 31338, Bellingham, WA 98228-3338 seem to appear out of nowhere! Some are free while others Published by Parent Child Press, Hollidaysburg, PA • Crizmac, PO Box 65928, Tucson, AZ 85728 range from inexpensive to costly. • Talking With Artists • KidsArt, art education booklets, Books with colorful reproductions of artwork are readily by Pat Cummings PO Box 274, Mt. Shasta, CA 96067 available at libraries and bookstores. Posters and prints of Conversations with 14 favorite children’s book • Dale Seymour, PO Box 10888, Palo Alto, CA 94303 famous artwork can be purchased from catalogs, illustrators including Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar • Davis Publications, 50 Portland St., bookstores, museum shops, or checked out from most Express. Worcester, MA 01608 libraries. Illustrations can be cut out of magazines and used Published by Bradbury Press, New York, NY •Wilton Programs, PO Box 541, Wilton, CT 06897 books, then mounted on cardboard to create small posters • Weekend with Picasso, series and cards. Many videos and slide sets are available for Just one of the titles in an interesting series of stories Museum Reproductions school and home use. The internet offers connections with with imaginary visits to great artist’s studios. • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Special Services Office, museums around the world, with thousands of great Published by Skira/Rizzoli, New York, NY Middle Village, NY 11381 paintings to view. Visits to museums, art galleries and the • Women Artists for Children, series • Museum of Fine Arts, PO Box 1044, Boston, MA 02120 studios of local artists, give children eyewitness, hands-on Offers a special focus on the life and techniques of • Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd St., experiences with works of art.