• become familiar with the artist Winslow Homer - compare art styles
• create a seascape scene combining Homer images and their own imagination
• utilize the wet and dry  method of painting
• become aware of the importance of contrast
• use their knowledge of warm and cool colors to do some color mixing
• know the difference between seascapes and landscapes

INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS:
Homer prints - Kandinsky prints       
finished example    
Homer slide show on computer
Color Wheel
Chart with Colors which can be mixed

10”x15” white drawing paper    
pencils, erasers   
watercolors         
brushes,  water dishes
black marker         
color wheel

VOCABULARY:
Winslow Homer, Wassily Kandinsky
Sea scapes
Landscapes
Horizon
Wet and Dry method
Warm and Cool Colors
Color Wheel

Learners will:
1.1.4     Discover common subjects, ideas, and themes in arts forms from different cultures.

Goal II: Personal Expression and Production/Performance:  Communicating Through the Arts

Learners will:
1.2.1     Increase control and ease in using a variety of tools, materials, instruments, and
              processes while creating works of art.
1.2.2     Develop criteria for their art works and use them to evaluate work in progress and the
              final product.
1.2.4     Explain and follow the steps used to create works of art.
1.2.5     Assess, revise or adjust arts products through a reflective process.

Goal III: Arts Criticism:  Responding to the Arts

Learners will:

1.3.1     Describe how artists use materials, tools, images and ideas to create works of art.
1.3.3     Identify and discuss characteristics and contexts of works of art.
1.3.4     Use arts vocabulary when talking or writing about works of art.

Goal IV: Nature and Meaning of the Arts:  Valuing the Arts

Learners will:
1.4.3     Recognize and practice audience/viewer behavior appropriate for the context and
              style of the arts form presented.
        

PROCEDURES:

Week one:
Introduce students to Winslow Homer using slide show on computer/TV
Discuss the subject of his paintings
How are his paintings different from Kandinsky? (see Boat Trip)
Hand out paper and begin by drawing sail, mast, sailboat, flag, details on boat
Add beach, islands, palm trees

Week two:
Finish drawing
Demo on Wet method-this is a review
Discuss warm, cool colors and paint sky or sea ONLY
STOP CLASS WHEN FIRST CHILD FINISHES
Discuss contrast, demonstrate and be sure there is contrast between sky and sea
    
Week three:
Solicit answers about the dry method of painting
Demo on painting remainder of picture
Be sure all the sea and sky has been finished first in the wet method
    
Week four:
Demo using the Crayola broadline marker to outline pencil drawing
make name tag and frame
During free time student can go on the computer and make seascape using KidPix, Free Time drawing, or color a Homer Masterpiece

EVALUATION:
Teacher evaluation:
On The Project Were Students Able To :
Identify works by Homer
Be able to tell about Homer’s subject
Create a seascape based on on Homer images combined with their imagination
Manipulate the watercolors to effective use the wet and dry method
Use contrast in their painting
Create new colors by mixing

In Discussions Were Students Able To:
Identify works by Homer
Tell some fact about Homer’s paintings
Be able to explain the wet and dry method of painting
Know the difference between a seascape and landscape
Explain contrast
         
FOCUS/KEY QUESTIONS:
What do you see in all of these pictures?
What do you think this artist likes to paint?
What method of painting do you think the artist used to create the sky....it is one that you have
used?
What shape is the sail
How many sails do you see?
What is an island?
What is this line called that separates the sea from the sky?
Are the trees different from our trees?
What else could you put in your picture?
Explain the Wet Method?
Explain the Dry Method?
Why does his sky show up even though it is the same color as the sea?
Can you explain contrast?

Resources

Art Image Publications:
Andre Derain London Bridge # 4.8 (good example of warm and cool colors)
Martin Heade Johnson The Coming Storm #5.14 (science integration)
Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream # 5.16
Francesco Gaurdi Storm at Sea #6.10 (science integration)
John F. Kensett Sunset on the Sea #6.14 (warm colors)

Shorewood Print
Winslow Homer Breezing Up #809
Winslow Homer Sunset Fires #1752
Winslow Homer Fog Warning #828
Vincent Van Gogh Boats #1149 (warm and cool colors)
Claude Monet Boats Leaving the Harbor #1757
Claude Monet Boating at Argenteuil #1188
Claude Monet Boats on the Beach #1246

Internet resources

Images for Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer on Artcyclopedia

More Winslow Homer Resources

Arcyclopedia Seascapes  Landscapes

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