Lesson: Fruit Faces Medium: oil pastel, watercolor Duration: 2‐3

“Fruit
Faces”
2nd
Grade
Lesson:
Fruit
Faces
Medium:
oil
pastel,
watercolor
Duration:
2‐3
class
periods
Book
used:
Objective: This
lesson
focuses
on
creative
drawing
relating
to
the
works
of
Giuseppe
Arcimboldo.
Students
will
draw
portraits,
understanding
the
reason
for
portraiture
as
a
way
to
represent
a
person
and
expressions.
Students
will
learn
to
work
with
multiple
mediums
including
proper
use
of
oil
pastels
and
watercolors.
They
will
take
their
knowledge
of
facial
features
and
create
a
portrait
using
fruit
to
represent
the
face.
This
lesson
aims
to
incorporate
art
history
as
well
as
step‐by‐step
processes
to
create
a
work.
Benchmarks:
ART.VA.I.2.1
Identify
and
use
various
materials
and
techniques
using
a
sequential
process.
ART.VA.II.2.1
Demonstrate
how
materials,
techniques,
and
processes
can
be
used
creatively
to
communicate
ideas.
ART.VA.III.2.5
Reflect
on
how
art
expresses
ideas,
feelings,
and
opinions.
ART.VA.IV.2.2
Discuss
the
subject
matter
of
artwork
from
particular
cultures
at
specific
times.
Context
Background:
Giuseppe
Arcimboldo
was
an
Italian
painter
during
the
Renaissance
Period.
He
was
known
for
his
portraits
painted
in
a
unique
way,
using
fruits,
vegetables,
flowers,
plants,
and
other
elements
of
Earth
to
represent
physical
features
of
a
human
face.
His
style
of
painting
was
Mannerism,
which
typically
linked
human
to
nature.
Many
of
his
portraits
represented
gods
or
goddesses
of
the
Earth,
as
well
as
the
seasons.
Students
will
be
using
Arcimboldo’s
work
as
inspiration
to
create
their
own
portraits
in
the
same
style.
They
will
be
using
oil
pastels,
which
are
a
very
smooth
wax
crayons
that
have
more
oil
than
a
normal
wax
crayon.
This
allows
them
to
be
blended,
similar
to
paint.
Because
of
the
wax
and
oil,
pastels
can
be
used
as
a
resist
with
watercolor
painting.
The
watercolor
and
oil
pastels
will
not
mix,
allowing
students
to
paint
over
their
lines
and
still
see
them.
Ms.
Bartley
“Fruit
Faces”
2nd
Grade
Materials:
- Watercolor
paper
12x18”
- Pencils
- Erasers
- Oil
pastel
packs
(1
per
student)
- Watercolor
trays
(1
per
student)
- Water
containers
(1
per
2
students)
- Paint
brushes
(assortment
of
sizes)
Process:
Day
1
Prep
- Cut
watercolor
paper
to
size
Lesson
- Define
portrait
- Introduce
Giuseppe
Arcimboldo’s
artwork
- Discuss
why
Arcimboldo
used
fruits
and
vegetables
to
represent
facial
features
- Introduce
the
project‐
create
a
portrait
in
the
way
Arcimboldo
painted,
using
only
fruits
and
vegetables
as
features
- Think
of
fruit
and
vegetables
to
use
for
different
features
of
the
face
(eyes,
nose,
lips,
cheeks,
etc.)
- Review
how
to
use
material,
focusing
day
1
on
drawing
in
pencil
and
then
tracing
over
the
pencil
lines
in
oil
pastels
- Also
discuss
color
association,
referring
to
fruit
or
vegetables
being
Outlined
in
the
appropriate
oil
pastel
color
Project
- Students
will
begin
by
drawing
their
portrait
with
pencil,
filling
the
entire
page
using
a
variety
of
fruits
and
vegetables
within
their
face
- Students
will
then
be
given
oil
pastels
after
pencil
drawings
okayed
by
teacher,
using
appropriate
colors
to
outline
their
fruit/vegetable
features
Ms.
Bartley
“Fruit
Faces”
2nd
Grade
Clean
Up
- Students
will
put
away
all
material
correctly
and
turn
in
their
work,
names
written
in
pencil
on
back
Day
2
Prep
- Fill
water
containers
with
water,
place
paintbrushes
in
water
containers
- Place
one
water
container
with
brushes
at
every
2
seats
- Students
will
get
their
own
oil
pastel
packs/watercolor
trays
according
to
their
progress
Lesson
- Review
previous
lesson,
discussing
Giuseppe
Arcimboldo
and
his
work
- Look
at
book
“Hello,
Fruit
Face”
to
further
study
the
works
of
Arcimboldo
- Give
brief
demonstration
on
proper
use
of
watercolor,
including
defining
wax‐
resist
process
of
painting
over
oil
pastels
Project
- Students
will
finish
using
their
oil
pastels
and
then
continue
to
paint
their
fruit,
covering
all
areas
with
color
Ms.
Bartley
“Fruit
Faces”
2nd
Grade
Clean
Up
- “Material
managers”
at
each
table
with
take
water
containers
to
sinks
- Students
will
take
artwork
to
drying
racks
when
finished
- Students
will
return
their
watercolor
trays
and
clean
their
area
Day
3
- If
students
need
more
time
Evaluation:
Assessment
of
this
lesson
will
be
based
on
the
final
project
as
well
as
following
the
correct
process
and
using
materials
as
instructed.
Drawing
skills
include
the
ability
to
look
at
an
image,
such
as
a
fruit,
and
be
able
to
draw
the
image
on
their
paper
to
the
correct
scale
as
to
create
an
intended
facial
feature.
Ability
to
trace
with
oil
pastels
over
the
pencil
will
result
in
a
clean,
well‐done
drawing.
Assessment
of
painting
will
include
proper
use
of
the
medium,
including
the
amount
of
water
used
and
the
application
process.
Ms.
Bartley