CHAGALL OIL PASTELS DRAWING

LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS

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CHAGALL OIL PASTELS DRAWING

Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about color while creating a surreal oil pastel drawing in the style of Marc Chagall.

Time Required: 1 hour

Artist:  Marc Chagall, I and the Village

Source: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/Stephanie-Chagall.htm

Materials:

12×18 white construction paper

Oil pastels

Presentation:

Discuss Marc Chagall and surrealism. He paints with a dreamlike quality, where the impossible becomes possible.

Procedure:

1. Hand out white paper. Write names on back.
2. Using black oil pastel, write “Great art picks up where nature ends” around the edges of their paper.
3. Draw a house, then turn their papers. Draw themselves holding something they like from this new orientation.
4. Turn their papers. Draw trees and/or flowers.
5. Include a sun or a moon with a face.
6. Now fill in all the outlines with oil pastel, being sure to have intense color like Marc Chagall.