PTO Art History
Project 2009-2010
August - Norman Rockwell – American Illustrator
Poster
– Choosing Sides
Suggested Project – Draw a memory of
summer trip, sport, or
favorite book.
September –Edward
Hopper – American Artist
Poster
– Nighthawks
Suggested
Project – Draw a picture of a building that makes
you wonder
what is going on inside or of a
favorite
building.
October – Vincent van Gogh – Holland/France
Poster
– The Starry Night
Suggested
Project – Using very heavy crayon marks, draw how you
are feeling
today.
November – Frederic
Remington – American artist of Wild West
Poster
– The Herd Boy
Suggested
Project – Draw cowboys, horses, or Native
Americans.
December – Leonardo da Vinci
Poster
– Mona Lisa
Project
– Draw a picture of your teacher with a mysterious
smile.
January – Marc Chagall – Russian Artist
Poster
– The Birthday
Suggested
Project – Draw a picture with a happy person
floating in
the air.
February - Jacob Lawrence – African American
Artist
Poster
– The Library 1969
Suggested
Project – Create a picture of an historical person.
Additional
Author/Artist – Faith Ringgold
March - Georgia O’Keefe
Poster
– White Flower on Red Earth
Suggested Project – Draw a close-up, detailed picture of a flower.
April – Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec – French Artist
Poster
– Les Ambassadeurs
Suggested
Project – Create a bright colored poster of people doing
everyday
things.
May – Grant Wood – American Artist
Poster
– American Gothic
Suggested
Project – Draw a picture of your dentist, your sister,
friend, or someone else on a farm with the
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