Homer Art Activity Idea:
Use line, shadow, mood (charcoal paper, ebony pencils, charcoal)
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Homer
Good afternoon! I'm going to tell you a little about a very great American artist today. We're going to start off a little different today. I would like you all to close your eyes and just listen to my story. This is what the artist I am going to tell you about would wish to say to you if he were in our classroom today (or your were in his studio today).
Come in! Come in! Don't be shy. I'm not as gruff as people say I am. It's just that sometimes I like to be alone so I can paint in peace. And I'm never lonely here in my studio on the coast of Maine. Just look out that window and you'll understand. There's always something wonderful to see out there - the sun over the ocean, some fisherman hard at work. Or look out the other window - do you see those boys lying in the meadow? And beyond that, some young ladies are enjoying a game of craquet on the lawn in front of my borthers house. You know, some people say an artist has to live in Paris to be successful, but I've tried it and I don't agree. My roots are here, in America. I have come to think that nature is the most insipiring subject of all for an artist, and I can get closer to nature right here than almost anywhere elese in the world. But wait a moment -please don't move. The light is marvelous on your face! May I do a quick sketch of you? I enjoy drawing young people like you . Young people are the subject of of some of my best-known paintings and drawings. And after that I'll tell you how I got to be the most famous artist in America. Yes, that's who I am. I'm Winslow homer.
Open your eyes now! Here is a picture of Yankee Winslow Homer! (#1 Weekend with Homer p.6)
He was a very famous and well loved American artist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Has anyone ever been there? he was born on Februaru 24, 1836. How many years ago was that? He was born to a family whose roots went back on both his mother's and fathers sides for many generations to New England (show on map of USA where "New England") Homer was an America Yankee to the bone. He was a very private man and did not like to be interviewed by the news people. This his posterity with few written accounts of his personal feelings although there are some notes on conversations with him jotted down by his friends. And his paints speak for his emotions; in the Yankee, the pictures are quite on the surface but burn with interior passion. This wonderful man who in his later years painted such marvelous pictures of the ocean stemmed from a family that had always been connected with the sea- though his forebearers were less often sailors than merchants who stayed ashore and bought and sold what the sea captains brought home from the distant ports. Homer's father was an importer of hardward, and both his grandfathers had engaged in similar trades. Winslow was born at 25 Friend street, in a comfortably middle-class section of Boston. Whe he was six years old his family, Mother Father, and two brothers moved to Cambridge, a nearby suburb. Cambridge is like a city in itself now but at that time it was very rural with woods and fields for playing in and a river for fishing and boating.
What good times he had there Charlie and Arthur were his brothers and best friends.
He was always drawing with a pencil. His mother encouraged and helped him. (She was a watercolor painter) He drew pictures of everything and everyone - his brothers, friends, trees, farmhouses, dogs and cows. He was always drawing
He answered an ad his dad saw in the newspaper. He signed a contract and worked for Mr. Bufford drawing covers of sheet music for two years - for free!
He got a job as an illustrator. One of his most exciting assignments was doing sketches of the innauguration of President Lincoln. Later he followed soliders around durning the Civil War sketching important details.
I realized during this time that I enjoyed doing sketches but really wanted to paint with oils. So reaturend and took four oil painting lessons from a frend painters and blossomed as a painter. All of America was impressed with the talent.
Brother Charlie bought some of his oil paintings secretly so Winslow would continue to paint.
A Few year later Winslow finished a Civ
Come in! Come in! Don't be shy. I'm not as gruff as people say I am. It's just that sometimes I like to be alone so I can paint in peace. And I'm never lonely here in my studio on the coast of Maine. Just look out that window and you'll understand. There's always something wonderful to see out there - the sun over the ocean, some fisherman hard at work. Or look out the other window - do you see those boys lying in the meadow? And beyond that, some young ladies are enjoying a game of craquet on the lawn in front of my borthers house. You know, some people say an artist has to live in Paris to be successful, but I've tried it and I don't agree. My roots are here, in America. I have come to think that nature is the most insipiring subject of all for an artist, and I can get closer to nature right here than almost anywhere elese in the world. But wait a moment -please don't move. The light is marvelous on your face! May I do a quick sketch of you? I enjoy drawing young people like you . Young people are the subject of of some of my best-known paintings and drawings. And after that I'll tell you how I got to be the most famous artist in America. Yes, that's who I am. I'm Winslow homer.
Open your eyes now! Here is a picture of Yankee Winslow Homer! (#1 Weekend with Homer p.6)
He was a very famous and well loved American artist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Has anyone ever been there? he was born on Februaru 24, 1836. How many years ago was that? He was born to a family whose roots went back on both his mother's and fathers sides for many generations to New England (show on map of USA where "New England") Homer was an America Yankee to the bone. He was a very private man and did not like to be interviewed by the news people. This his posterity with few written accounts of his personal feelings although there are some notes on conversations with him jotted down by his friends. And his paints speak for his emotions; in the Yankee, the pictures are quite on the surface but burn with interior passion. This wonderful man who in his later years painted such marvelous pictures of the ocean stemmed from a family that had always been connected with the sea- though his forebearers were less often sailors than merchants who stayed ashore and bought and sold what the sea captains brought home from the distant ports. Homer's father was an importer of hardward, and both his grandfathers had engaged in similar trades. Winslow was born at 25 Friend street, in a comfortably middle-class section of Boston. Whe he was six years old his family, Mother Father, and two brothers moved to Cambridge, a nearby suburb. Cambridge is like a city in itself now but at that time it was very rural with woods and fields for playing in and a river for fishing and boating.
What good times he had there Charlie and Arthur were his brothers and best friends.
He was always drawing with a pencil. His mother encouraged and helped him. (She was a watercolor painter) He drew pictures of everything and everyone - his brothers, friends, trees, farmhouses, dogs and cows. He was always drawing
He answered an ad his dad saw in the newspaper. He signed a contract and worked for Mr. Bufford drawing covers of sheet music for two years - for free!
He got a job as an illustrator. One of his most exciting assignments was doing sketches of the innauguration of President Lincoln. Later he followed soliders around durning the Civil War sketching important details.
I realized during this time that I enjoyed doing sketches but really wanted to paint with oils. So reaturend and took four oil painting lessons from a frend painters and blossomed as a painter. All of America was impressed with the talent.
Brother Charlie bought some of his oil paintings secretly so Winslow would continue to paint.
A Few year later Winslow finished a Civ
Homer
- Took the class outside
-Told about artist's name and picture name
- Discuss "What do you see?"
School room -how many rooms? (one room school house all ages in same classroom)
Clothing - no shoes, most children at this time only had one pair they wore shoes for Sundays and snow, most children had hats or bonnets, suspenders...etc.)
Just boys? What are the girls doing? Do boys still play rough games at recess?
What do you think they took in their lunches? (hold up a small basket with napkin over top and apple inside)
good info: shows independent spirit..each boy hold the hand of his neighbor of whom he is aware only as a link in the chain. Each boy looks outward rather than at his neighbor, and the face of each boy is either turned away from us or hidden by the shadow cast by his cap or hat..home usually has the figures in his paintings turn away from us and rarely look like they are communicating with each other.
-Took 5 kids at a time to play Snap the Whip. (Sometimes with larger numbers someone is more likely to get hurt)
-While other children wait their turn I passed around a basket of whole apples. (I was really suprised how much the kids liked this "treat"!)
-Then had class sit on the ground and take turns picking an item out of a basket that represented something about the artist life. (The kids LOVED the story about him staring down a man that thought Winslow shouldn't paint blacks. Winslows mom had told him if he ever faced a wild bull to stare it down. Later a man from Texas who, was watching Winslow stare down the other man, said the mean man also probably thought Winslows hands were in his pocket with a derrringer gun in each one.)
-Look at the painting one more time. Have all the class say the artists name "HOME -ER"
FUN!
keep an eye on the time..
-Told about artist's name and picture name
- Discuss "What do you see?"
School room -how many rooms? (one room school house all ages in same classroom)
Clothing - no shoes, most children at this time only had one pair they wore shoes for Sundays and snow, most children had hats or bonnets, suspenders...etc.)
Just boys? What are the girls doing? Do boys still play rough games at recess?
What do you think they took in their lunches? (hold up a small basket with napkin over top and apple inside)
good info: shows independent spirit..each boy hold the hand of his neighbor of whom he is aware only as a link in the chain. Each boy looks outward rather than at his neighbor, and the face of each boy is either turned away from us or hidden by the shadow cast by his cap or hat..home usually has the figures in his paintings turn away from us and rarely look like they are communicating with each other.
-Took 5 kids at a time to play Snap the Whip. (Sometimes with larger numbers someone is more likely to get hurt)
-While other children wait their turn I passed around a basket of whole apples. (I was really suprised how much the kids liked this "treat"!)
-Then had class sit on the ground and take turns picking an item out of a basket that represented something about the artist life. (The kids LOVED the story about him staring down a man that thought Winslow shouldn't paint blacks. Winslows mom had told him if he ever faced a wild bull to stare it down. Later a man from Texas who, was watching Winslow stare down the other man, said the mean man also probably thought Winslows hands were in his pocket with a derrringer gun in each one.)
-Look at the painting one more time. Have all the class say the artists name "HOME -ER"
FUN!
keep an eye on the time..
Homer
Winslow Homer 1836-1910
We played the "Memory Game." I placed the following items on a covered tray. I then uncovered the items and walked around the room quickly. I then had the children recall the items on the tray. I talked about what each item hat to do with Winslow Homer.
AMERICAN FLAG. Homer was born in Boston Massachusetts on February 24, 1836. How many years ago was that? He became a great American artist.
DOLL HOUSE OR HOME. This stands for Home-er. Winslow Homer's best friends were his two brothers - Charles and Arthur. He had no sisters. When Winslow was a young boy, even at age six, his mother would find him out in the middle of nature instead of off playing. He loved the outdoors and the country. He loved to be "home." Even upon his death, his closest friends were his family. Although he lived several places during his life, he retired back in Massachusetts, where he was born.
- (can show PICTURE of family behind pink)
-His borthers went into business like his father. He wanted to be an artist.
PAINTBRUSH. Winslow Homer didn't have any formal art lessons. He taught himself to paint. His mother was an artist. In those days women would paint to "catch" a husband. After they were married they would put the paintbrush away, but Winslow's mom continued to paint. Perhaps this is where his love for painting came from. His mom porbably helped teach Winslow how to paint. She loved to use watercolors. Some of Winslow's best works are watercolors that he did by the sea.
- can show PICTURE of flower/sea
-He felt he shouldn't look at other artists work.
CAMERA. Winslow Homer painted exactly what he sees, like a picture from a camera. do you remember what style of painting this is called? REALIST. (Look at some of Homer's paintings) After the war, Homer painted SNAP THE WHIP 1872, 36 yrs. Look at the painting. Each boy forms the whip by holding on to the hand of his neighbor. Even though the boys are connected, Homer painted them looking outward as if they were individuals. This painting is about 12X20 and is done with oils. What season do you think it it? What might you feel or smell (sunshine, fresh air)?
FISHING ITEM. Homer loved to fish. He also loved to paint the sea. Homer's father was a hardward merchant that did trade work with sailors. He grew up close to the sea and as he got older, he moved to Maine where he painted many sea pictures. He is often called the "Great Painter of the Sea."
-show pic Green Sea
PENCIL. Winslow Homer loved to sketch with pencils. Homer would draw pictues of everything and everyone when he was young - his borhters, trees, dogs, cows.
NEWSPAPER/SHEET MUSIC. When Winslow was 18, his father was reading the paper and read out loud "boy wanted, apply to Bufford...must have a taste for drawing. No other wanted." Winslow answered the ad and began drawing sheet music covers. This was not a paying job. The reward was in learing from Mr. Bufford. After two years Winslow left. In 1857, he moved to New York to work for Harper's Weekly, a famous newspaper back then. One of the most exciting assignments he got was to sketch the inauguration of President Lincoln. Winslow also was sent to sketch the activities of the civil war. The sketches were published in magazines and newspapers for all of America to see. Although Winslow was busy doing illustrations, he had painted two oil paintings that he hoped to sell. He told his borther Charlie that if the paintings sold, he would continue to paint. If not, he would continue to work for Harper's Weekly just doing illustrations. Charlie bought the paintings without Winslow knowing because he knew how much Winslow wanted to paint. Winslow later visited Charlie's house and saw one of the paintings so Charlie had to tell Winslow the truth of who bougth the paintings.
SNAKE. After suffering from "painters block," Winslow moved to his brother Charlie's sutdio in Maine. Winslow moved in for the summer, but was constantly interrupted by curious fans. He would then put up signs on the door. One sign read, "SNAKES AND MICE." This kept the ladies from bothering him. Homer was a very private person and did not like to be interviewed by news people. There is not much written of Homer left for his posterity.
GLASSES. The year he died, 1910, Homer became blind. Homer had never married. His family was going to move him to his brother Arthur's cottage, but Homer refused. he said from his darkness, "I will stay in my own house." He lived to be 73 years old.
I then passed out the word search game and gave the children goldfish in sandwich bags tied to a pencil with an American flag on it.
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