Art Class, Level 5: California Almond Orchard
$6.00
A small almond orchard in California that grows in long straight rows comes ablaze with pink flowers in March provides a lesson in both perspective drawing and pointillism—the use of small dots to create a painting.
For grades 7 and up | This is a digital resource.
Published by ArtAchieve.
Product Description
Learn to use one-point perspective and learn pointillist painting techniques.
In March, the almond orchards of California burst into bloom—pink blooms against a bright blue sky. This spring, one orchardist (a brother of ArtAchieve’s owner) sent a picture of his orchard at the time when there were as many petals on the ground as there were in the trees.
The image of the orchard with its trees in straight rows, and its pink petals sprinkled against the sky and on the ground, suggested two important art concepts: pointillism and one-point perspective.
The lesson begins by using the orchard’s arrangement to teach the principles of one-point perspective. Then it introduces Georges Seurat, the pioneer of pointillism, and compares his use of color with other pointillists’ methods. After a brief warm-up that gets students to try painting dots of color with Q-tips, students create their own version of the orchard, using what they have learned about both pointillism and one-point perspective.
This lesson includes both POWERPOINT and VIDEO versions of the lesson. No printed warm-up is needed for the lesson.
Approximate Time to Complete the Art Lesson:
- Painting the warm-up: 30 minutes
- Drawing and painting the orchard: 3-5 hours
- Total time: 3.5 – 5.5 hours
Families will have access to the online lesson for one year from the date of purchase.
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