Curriculum Materials: Amazing Animals in
Art
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Philip R. Goodwin Essays: Questions: |
Suggested Questions: Grades K-3 - Teachers Key
- What animal do you see? Was it painted to look
NATURALISTIC--as
it appears in nature?
- What is the bear doing? Describe how you think it is
feeling?
- Give a weather report. What is the temperature? What
season of the year is it? What kind of day is this? What
sounds do you hear?
- Describe the setting of this scene. (The bear sits
in a
LANDSCAPE.)
Why do you think the artist chose to place the bear in a
wilderness?
- Where do you see straight lines? Where do you see
curved lines? What colors do you see? What feeling do
they give you? Are the colors bright and loud or soft and
quiet?
- How did the artist use color to make us notice the
bear? (Dark brown color
CONTRASTS with
white snowy landscape.)
What else did the artist do to make us notice the bear? (Careful attention to details; central placement; large in SCALE.)
What has the artist done to make us notice the Cream of Wheat cereal? (Crate in center FOREGROUND; large in scale; rectangular shape and distinct letters stand out against the snowy landscape setting.)
- This painting was made as an advertisement for Cream
of Wheat cereal. Advertisers use pictures to tell us
about their products. What does this picture tell us
about Cream of Wheat cereal? Why do you suppose the
artist decided to use a bear to sell this product? Do you
know of any other advertisements that use animals?
- What ideas and feelings do you associate with bears? Are bears scary? Funny? Friendly? (As in Goldilocks and the Three Bears.) Gentle and cuddly? (As a teddy bear.)
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