1st Grade Art 1: Scenic Overlook: Landscapes

Lesson 1: Landscapes Define landscape. Landscape art depicts scenery that is outside. Name two features of a landscape, such as trees, lakes, and mountains. Identify a landscape painting. Van Gogh Art Identification Slide Quiz (Google Drive) Identify the horizon line in landscape paintings. Learning Landscapes from The Birmingham Museum       -This interactive tool talks about the horizon line, perspective, art in museums, foreground, and background Draw a landscape. Visit my YouTube Playlist for "Drawing a Landscape"

Thick and Thin Trees: Click for How Lesson 2: How Artists See Trees Define landscape. Identify a landscape painting. Visit my YouTube Playlist and view art by "Maxim Grunin" for landscape art with a lot of trees Create a painting of a hardwood tree and a painting of an evergreen tree. This How Cast demonstrates both types of trees

Lesson 3: Meet Vincent van Gogh, Part 1 Describe two events in the life of Vincent van Gogh or characteristics of his art, such as he painted pictures by dabbing his brush on the canvas and that he was born in Holland. Visit my YouTube playlist to watch a brief history on Vincent Van Gogh Begin creating a landscape painting inspired by The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Visit my YouTube playlist to watch 5 year old Sophie paint the beginnings of The Starry Night- the sky Come Look with me: Exploring Landscape Art with Children by Gladys S. Blizzard is a wonder compilation of landscape art with information on the artists, paintings, and questions that provide discussion and personal art appreciation.  This book comes on loan with the K12 curriculum, but can be found with booksellers nation wide.

Lesson 4: Meet Vincent van Gogh, Part 2 Describe two features of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, such as the dabs of paint or the use of many colors in theVisi sky. Visit my YouTube Playlist to watch "Art with Mati and Dada" a fun cartoon that features Vincent Van Gogh and his art style. Complete a landscape painting inspired by The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Using a pencil sketch in the horizon line, buildings and cypress trees.  Fill in with color.