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"South Dakota Breezethrough Corn Field"Tissue Wrap PictureFEBRUARY 2012 |
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"DESERT SUN"Finger Painting PictureFEBRUARY 2012
Elizabeth Maunu Feb 17, 2012 10:24 AM
The top project "South Dakota Breeze" was inspired by Van Gough's Stary Night. It was to reflect movement which I used swirls to signify a breeze that caused movement in the cornfield and hit the side of the barn. I used a 12x18 construction paper and used tissue wrap paper for the breeze and corn field. I used sparkly silver grease pencil to draw more swirls for the breeze. I also used construction paper for the grass and barn. The set back in this project was that I felt my barn was too big, not to scale. In the finger painting "Desert Sun" I used my finger to make squiggly lines to represent the hot sun rays beaming upward from the pink dessert sand horizon. This was another Van Gough Inspired Picture. The only set back I encountered is that I had a lot of paint on my fingers when I was done with this painting and had wished that I had another white sheet of paper prepared to do another with the remaining paint on my fingers! 
Bulletin Board
As an extension project I would incorporate this project into Geography class. I would start out by teaching the different landforms, have students do the above projects, then request that they type an essay listing at least 3 additional landforms. Sometimes giving an official title to something that we are very familiar with can be confusing to students. Having them construct an art project with a landscape familiar to them helps them to relate that to a variety of landforms.
Vincent Van Gough
Stary Night
Vincent Van Gough
Vincent Van Gough
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As an extention project I would incoorporate this project into Geography class. I would start out by teaching the different landforms, have students do the above projects, then request that they type nn essay listing at least 3 additional landforms. Sometimes giving an official title to something that we are very familiar with can be confusing to students. Having them consruct an art project with a landscape familiar to them helps them to relate that to a variety of landforms.
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