John Himmlefarb - Broad Daylight Meeting
Curriculum Connections: Fine Arts K-4: A.1.1, A.1.3, A.2.1, A.2.2, A.3.6; 5-8: A.1.10,A.1.12, A.2.10, A.2.12, A.2.16, A.3.10, A.3.15; 9-12: A.1.21, A.1.24, A.2.19, A.2.20
Lesson Objective: students will experiment with stylized drawing.
John Himmlefarb's large drawing is a kind of optical illusion. Ask if students noticed the two ways the drawing can be "read". Ask them which one they saw first and how long it took them to see the other.
Several artists have used plants as the components for creating human figures, just as Himmlefarb has done. Giuseppe Archimboldo did a series of works using vegetables to build up human figures. Show students some of Giuseppe Archimboldo's art:
www.middlestreet.org/Arch2.htm.
Materials:
Paper
Drawing pencils, colored pencils, pens or other drawing materials
Fruits and vegetables
Lay out several fruits and vegetables where groups of students can take a close look at them. Have students draw the general shapes of the objects. Then instruct them to convert their drawings into people, by adding arms, legs, and facial features. Next, have students use the fruit and vegetables as facial features to draw a person, using Himmlefarb and Archimboldo as examples.
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