6. Lesson: Tom Thomson

Let’s Start:

Create Your Plein Air Painting Kit:

Large seal able plastic bag with the following inside:

• Sketchbook (You can make your own..we reviewed in lesson)

• Pencil and sharpener

• black permanent ink fine pen

• small paint brush

• paper towel

• brown and blue colors (paint or pencil or markers)

• a couple folded up paper towels

Large reusable grocery bag include inside:

• Plastic blag with art supplies

• Plastic cup

• paper plate

• sun hat

• sun block

• snack

• water bottle

Watch Lesson Video:

Things to think about while you watch the video:

• What’s the difference between drawing and sketching?

• How many years did Tom Thomson paint Canadian Landscapes?

• How many members are included in the Group of Seven?

• How many brothers and sisters did Tom have?

• Did Tom think he was a good artist?

Lesson take-aways:

• Simplify complex subjects into simple geometric shapes.

• Trees and mountains show emotional and social behaviors.

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Let’s make some Art!

• Use your Plein Air Kit and go outside to draw and paint..or draw looking out your window.

• Look at the Landscape below and make a drawing of trees and mountains using geometric forms that look like lumpy marsh mellows.

• Draw your mountains and trees with personality (happy, sad, lonely, excited..)

Share your art!

Show off your art on Youth Art Studio Group.

Chef La-Ree’s Wilderness Cooking.

Preview for Next Lesson:

Mary Cassatt and Alice Neel