Springtime+Renditions

= Activity 2: Springtime Renditions-Art Connection (15 min./Cherie Anderson) =

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~Pablo Picasso



= Background Information: =

====Cave men drew with charcoal on the walls of caves in Lescaux France. Charles Remington drew watercolors of cowboys and the West in the margins of letters to his friends back home in the eastern US. Human beings are compelled to share their interpretations of the world around them, and as technology advances, so do the tools they use.====

====Since 2008 artists such as David Hockney and Columbo have been using the iphone and drawing apps such as "Brushes" to create, (and sell) works of art. Here are some links with interviews and video about these creations...====

George Columbo paints New York street scenes that become the cover of The New Yorker Magazine

David Hockney creates iPhone art. An article from "The Telegraph"

Incredible iPad Finger Painting by David Kassan (8 minutes, but worth it)

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Some iPad art by professional artists, well-known and local =

David Kassan || Apple Founder Steve Wozniak || Sunrise Landscape: David Hockney ||
 * [[image:David_Hockney_Ipad_Art1.jpg width="180" height="252"]] || [[image:Daid_Kassan_iPad_portrait.jpg width="185" height="224"]] || [[image:IpadProtraitofSteveWozniak.jpg width="166" height="223"]] || [[image:DavidHockney_iPad_art2.jpg width="183" height="242"]] ||
 * Landscape: David Hockney || Portrait from Live Model by

= Thanks to Cheryl Johnson for some examples of 15 minute iPad art created =

with White Board and Doodle Buddy....Thanks Cheryl
Cheryl Johnson Cheryldigitalpaint.blogspot.com Ceejay6504@gmail.com


 * [[image:CherylJohnson1.jpg width="164" height="216" caption="Cheryl Johnson 2011"]] || [[image:CherylJohnson3.jpg width="166" height="226" caption="Cheryl Johnson 2011"]] || [[image:CherylJohnson4.jpg width="166" height="226" caption="Cheryl Johnson 2011"]] || [[image:cheryljohnson5.jpg width="285" height="214" caption="Cheryl Johnson 2011"]] ||

Lesson Plan

Essential Question: Which of these famous paintings most portrays the feeling of springtime and why?

 * ==Participants will observe the four famous Spring themed paintings and discuss the essential question.==
 * ==Participants will then choose one of the paintings to do their own rendition of. They will open The Doodle Buddy or other drawing application and create their work of art. Participants will then email their masterpiece to canderson@graniteschools.org, so that some of their artwork can be shared with the whole class.==

= Choose one of the famous Springtime paintings below to render using an art application on your iPod Touch. =


 * [[image:albrechtdurer.jpg width="263" height="287"]] || [[image:Springtime_N6_Maillet.jpg width="298" height="320"]] ||
 * Young Hare Albrecht Durer || Springtime N6 Leo Maillet ||
 * [[image:Springtime_in_Giverny_Monet.jpg]] || [[image:Lavendar_Iris_1951_O'Keefe.jpg width="227" height="277" align="center"]] ||
 * Springtime in Giverney Claude Monet || Lavendar Iris 1951 Georgia O'Keefe ||

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= = = = = = = = = Some apps to draw with =

(two versions 7.99 and 4.99 || DoodleBuddy  Free || Draw Cast    Free  ||   || Whiteboard  Free and $2.99 ||   || Art Studio  Lite and $2.99 ||
 * [[image:brushes.jpg width="66" height="63" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brushes-iphone-edition/id288230264?mt=8"]] || [[image:doodlebuddy.jpg width="67" height="70" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodle-buddy-paint-draw-scribble/id313232441?mt=8"]] || [[image:drawcastfree.jpg width="67" height="63" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drawcast-drawing-painting/id380577262?mt=8"]] ||  || [[image:whiteboard.jpg width="69" height="61" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whiteboard-lite-collaborative/id301962306?mt=8"]] ||   || [[image:art_studio.jpg width="70" height="65" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artstudio-for-ipad-draw-paint/id364017607?mt=8"]] ||
 * Brushes