Our brief lesson was about Folk Art. It has been around for hundreds of years. We were focusing on American Folk Art from 1800 on.
Traditionally, Folk Art was created by individuals who lacked formal training, using the materials that were available to them, to create something decorative and sometimes also functional. Our focus was on landscapes.
Grandma Moses was probably the most famous Folk Artist. This is a stamp created with a landscape painting by Grandma Moses. Notice all the detail. A church, a school, children playing, the flags, the procession of people, and so much more. Her work was decorative and it told a story of what happened in that scene.
Today most of the folk art produced is created by people who have some art training. We will look at some contemporary folk art next week.
Our first assignment in both classes was to draw a Folk Art style landscape with lots of detail. This week the students were to do a pencil sketch, then a drawing using an extra fine permanent black marker and a black ink pen. Next week we will color them with watercolor pencils. This was an example I created for class.
These are two pictures done by students. They used watercolor pencils and permanent marker. The top one was created by an Upper Elementary student and the bottom picture was created by a Middle School student.
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