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Lesson Plan: A Bird's Tale
Who wouldn't love to get a letter from a blue bird? Elementary art enthusiasts analyze the social and historical context of Ason Yellowhair's Navajo piece, Bird and Cornstalk Rug. They examine the construction and images on the rug...
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Lesson: A Garden for Monet
To better understand artistic style and expression, your class compares two different paintings. They analyze each painting for style, technique, similarities, and differences. They then experiment with a variety of art materials and...
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Pen and Ink Drawing
Learners hone their drawing techniques to create a nature-inspired piece of art. They practice hatching, cross hatching, stippling, and shading. They discuss how each method is better suited for creating specific elements in nature such...
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Puzzle Trees
Elementary artists use a collage and multi-media technique to create textured trees. They study the fall trees, discussing texture and what bare trees look like. They then use a variety of materials to create a textural piece.
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Monet and Impressionism
Monet is a great artist to study and impressionism is a wonderful art style to practice. Learners read about Monet then attempt to use impressionist painting techniques. Book and image links are included.
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Seashell Painting
Let nature inspire your budding artists. They paint seascapes on actual seashells. First, they observe the seaside, then they paint what they see (image or in person) on the inside of a white shell.
PBS
Art21: Maya Lin
A great site by PBS that features a biography on the artist and links to art work, videos clips and interviews. On this page there are also links to lesson plans and other artist pages.
Other
Christo and Jeane Claude
This site contains a wealth of information, history, and photos of recent and past earthworks and installations by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Courbet and the Modern Landscape
The Getty's multimedia-rich exploration of the life and career of French realist Gustave Courbet, whose innovative approach to landscape painting inspired many artists who came after him, including Monet, Cezanne, and Pissarro. Along...
New York Times
New York Times: Earthworks: Robert Smithson's Floating Island
An analysis of "Floating Island," a work of Robert Smithson created posthumously. An overview of Smithson's life and work provides context.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: A Natural State
Learn how South Carolina artists bond with nature, using natural materials and taking inspiration from the natural world around them to make art.
Other
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy: Fallingwater
Detailed information and rich media about Fallingwater, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most innovative residential design projects.
National Library of France
National Library of France: The Unknown Sea
An image-rich exposition of visual art that takes the sea as its a theme. Mythology, fantasy, mapmaking, and the history of sailing and marine exploration are all investigated as are fears about the ocean's power, puzzling beliefs about...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Listing of Environmental Artists
ArtCyclopedia's list of environmental artists from the 20th century to the present day. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
University of Alberta
Eas: A Gallery of 19th Century Icelandic Landscape Art
This website provides images of 19th century landscapes of various parts of Iceland. Images links to larger images for viewing purposes.
Other
Robert Smithson
This is the official site of Robert Smithson who is an artist most known for his earthworks and recognized by his work 'Spiral Jetty.' There is a fantastic collection of his work, interviews, and much more!
Other
Chihuly: The Nature of Glass
This resource is the official site for glass artist Dale Chihuly. View breathtaking images of his work. See everything from videos, installations, drawings, and glassworks. Read Chihuly's biography here as well.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: An Eye for Art: Andy Goldsworthy [Pdf]
A printable, kid-friendly introduction to Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy has spent nearly three decades exploring the raw materials of nature, shaping them into poetic and mysterious forms that invite us to see our surroundings in new ways.
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Bluffton College: Edgar J. Kaufmann House (Fallingwater)
This site from the Bluffton College provides an extensive array of beautiful images providing several views of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Fallingwater. The waterfall goes right under the house! A true integration of nature and...