 e study Grant Wood's American Gothic in fourth grade because this painting represents such a great slice of Americana. This lesson
covers history, artistic choices, and artistic skills. After we have
studied the artist and his work, we discuss how we would create a
painting like American Gothic. This lesson revolves around basic
shapes and directions. We relate background as a means of telling the
total story. The students have a total of 3 art classes for this
lesson; an introduction and practice day, a painting day, and a final
lesson for cleaning up and detailing the finished piece. |
