LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS
SPACE
CEZANNE STILL LIFE COLLAGE
Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about space by using overlapping, size, and perspective while creating a still life in the style of Cezanne.
Artist: Paul Cezanne, Still Life
Time Required: 1 hour
Materials:
White tablecloth, tall vase, various fruits
12×18 blue construction paper
6×18 white construction paper
Variety of colored construction paper, cut to size with regard to items displayed
Scissors
Glue sticks
Black and white chalk pastel
Tissue
Presentation:
Discuss artist and artwork. Still life is art showing inanimate objects. Have still life set up in the middle of the room so the students will all get a different perspective.
Procedure:
- Students use the colored papers to cut out the items for the still life.
- Starting with the tablecloth, cut a wavy line to reach from one side of the paper to the other.
- The vase may be cut out of a folded piece of paper so that it is symmetrical.
- Cut out or tear fruit and arrange on the paper by overlapping to create space.
- Glue the shapes down staring with the ones in back first.
- Use black chalk on 1 side to show shadows and white chalk on the other side to show reflective light. This will give the flat shapes form, creating the illusion of a third dimension: depth. Blend the chalk with tissue.
