A Is for Apple, A Is for Art

Published on Cleveland Museum of Art (http://www.clevelandart.org)

Grade Level:

K-1

Student Level:

Elementary

This highly interactive 30-minute lesson introduces kindergartners to three celebrated artists: Renoir, Picasso, and Matisse. Using colorful paintings from the museum's permanent collection, students find apples or other fruit in each painting. They then discover how artists use a variety of colors to convey the apple's appearance. After examining a real apple under different lighting conditions students begin to see how light affects the apple's form, and how artists capture the reflections and shadows that they see. A post-videoconference activity of drawing apples using highlights and shadows offers students a rewarding classroom exhibition of their own artwork.

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A is for Apple, A is for Art (Lesson PDF) [3]

Program Format:

Open with introduction about the museum, and explanation of what they will see - paintings with apples and/or fruit.
View The Apple Seller by Renoir, and discuss the shadows and reflections.
View Interior with an Etruscan Vase by Matisse, and students look for different fruits.
Sing a song about apples ("The Little Appleseed".)
View Still Life with Biscuits by Picasso, and students identify elements in the painting.
Students review the three artists' works, and ask remaining questions.

Objectives:

Students will understand how light affects form, and how artists capture shadows and reflections in their paintings.
Students will be able to describe the concept of past and present as it relates to visual art.
Students will be able to observe visual clues or details in artworks or artifacts and determine if the work/object is old or new.
Students will be able to use active listening strategies to identify the main idea and to gain information from oral presentations.

Source URL: http://www.clevelandart.org/learn/distance-learning/elementary/apple-art

Links:
[1] http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=491
[2] https://cmaweb10.clevelandart.org/cgi-bin/Education.py
[3] http://www.clevelandart.org/sites/default/files/documents/AisforAppleAisforArtLesson.pdf