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My Many Colored days
See Think Wonder
See Think Wonder
Helen Frankenthaler, Flood, 1967, acrylic on canvas Overall: 124 1/4 × 140 1/2in. (315.6 × 356.9 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Helen Frankenthaler, Flood, 1967, acrylic on canvas Overall: 124 1/4 × 140 1/2in. (315.6 × 356.9 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
What do you see in the picture? What do you think is happening and what was the artist trying to tell you with this picture? What does this picture make you wonder about?
Alma Thomas, Autumn Leaves Fluttering in the Breeze, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 in. (101.5 x 127.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 1980.36.9
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Furthur reading:
Color Dance by Ann Jonas
A Color Of His Own by Leo Lionni
Brown Bear Brown Bear Eric Carle
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin
Activity 1:
A. Poll the class about their favorite colors. use tally marks to record the number of people that like each color.
B. What words can you use to describe your favorite color?
C. Discuss what things are colored with your favorite color and how does that work. Could other colors be acceptable?
Objectives: Students will
learn about the artistic element color, its atributes and purposes.
attribute characteristics to colors and determine how this can affect the moods of a piece of art.
use data to record preferences.
Activity 2:
A. Create graphs with the data about color preferences
B. Discuss the graphs and how the information is communicated through visual graphics.
Does a graph make it easier to see a graph that all of the information laid out? Compare the different graphs and talk about which is easier to read and which is more aesthetically appealing. Are those things the same?
Objectives: Students will
analyze data about favorite colors and determine which graphs are the easiest to read and most aesthetic.
Maryland State Standard:
Maryland State Standard:
https://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Documents/Fine-Arts/FineArtsStandardsMaster.pdf
Visual arts: Artistic Process- Responding. Anchor Standard 7 Perceive and analyze artistic work.
(Pk-2nd grades) I:P-2:3: Creatively play with the elements of art and principles of design to develop compositions that are personally meaningful.
E:P-2:1: Identify and describe art in the environment.
(3rd-5th grades) I:3-5:3: Creatively play with the elements of art and principles of design to develop compositions that are personally meaningful in our world.
E:3-5:1: Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages and compare personal
interpretations.
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