* Created by Kay Wagner, Ph.D., Edina Public Schools, Edina, Minnesota Drawn images may be used freely, fair use laws apply to all other images

*Created by Kay Wagner, Ph.D., Edina Public Schools, Edina, Minnesota

Drawn images may be used freely, fair use laws apply to all other images

Trees in Artwork

In this Unit you

will:

• Create an original tree drawing using Power Point

• Compose a poem using the tree as inspiration• Create a greeting card that expresses an

important ethical value

The ideas you will learn:• Artists use trees in their

artwork to express ideas

• Trees can be used as a metaphor for an idea

• Ideas can be expressed both visually and verbally

• Ethical values express important ideas of how people should treat each other

•Artists use trees in their artwork to express ideas

Ideas about:

Beaut

y

SymbolismA story

The love of nature

Childhood memories

Landmarks

Expressing a feeling

Joan González (1868-1908) Black Tree (1903) L'Arbre noir (Py) support 502mm x 651mm on paper, unique signed, Presented by Mme

Roberta Gonzalez-Richard, the artist's niece 1972 (T01659)

Express a feeling?

Raoul Dufy 1877-1953 Olive Trees by the Golfe

Juan circa 1927 Oliviers au Golfe Juan (Wy) support 508mm x 660mm on paper, unique signed Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1936 N04850

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) Morning (1821)

Oil on canvas, 22 x 30.5 cm; Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum, Hanover

Beauty?

Jacob van Ruisdael Dune Landscape with Oak Tree1650-55 DutchBlack chalk; brush and gray wash; gouache; framing lines in pen and brown ink8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot; Fontainebleau: Oak Trees at Bas-Bréau, 1832 or 1833 (French,1796–1875) Oil on paper, laid down on wood;

15 5/8 x19 1/2 in. (39.7 x 49.5 cm) Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1979(1979.404)

Record a view?

Dorcas Munroe; Sampler with family tree

American active 17th - 18th century, circa 1800 linen and embroidery? 17 1/2 x 13 (44.5 x 33 cm) inches Gift of Mrs. Jessie Allard Kline 78.19.1

To tell a story?

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) The Four Trees (1891)1 H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.110

Landmark?

Philip Sutton born 1928; The Tree , 1958 T00330

Henri Matisse Promenade among the Olive Trees,1906, Oil on canvas; (French, 1869–1954) 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (44.5 x55.2 cm) Robert Lehman

Collection, 1975, (1975.1.194)

•Trees can be used as a metaphor for an idea

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

The Tree of Crows (c. 1822)Canvas, H 0.59 m; W 0.737 m RF 1975-20

Why would artists want to use trees in their artwork?

Beauty

Symbolism To tell a story

Love of nature

Childhood memories

Landmark

Express a feeling

Record a view

The skills you will learn:• A technique for

designing and drawing

an original tree

• Using Power Point as

a drawing program

• Using metaphor

visually and verbally

• Making an envelope

for a card of specific

size

1. Go to File and chooseNew...

2. Click on the General tab

3. Choose Blank Presentation

4. Click OK

5. Select the blank page

6. Click OK

1. Go to File and choosePage Setup...

2. Go to Slides sized for:

3. Choose Letter Paper (8.5x11 in)

4. Select Portrait

5. Click OK

Go to View and check Guides, then check Ruler

Go to Format and chooseSlide Color SchemeSelect Custom

Select Text and lines

Go to Change Color

Choose the white

Click OK

Choose Apply

Go to Format and chooseSlide Color Scheme

Select Custom

Select Fills

Go to Change Color

Choose the white

Choose Apply

Click OK

We will be drawing a solid black shape such as:

Go to AutoShapesand choose from Basic Shapes

Draw the

shape of your choice

It shouldtouch thetop andleft side

It should be 1/2” from the guide lines

While the shape is selected Go to theFilltool and select black

While the shape is selected Go to theFilltool and select black

We will be filling the shape with a solid white tree

1. Go to AutoShapes and select Lines

2. Choose the Line tool that looks like this:

1. Starting at the bottom of your shape draw a sensitive line that goes up to one of the edges. Don’t release the mouse!

2. Without stopping go back down to where you started

from and double click.

The shape should automatically fill with

white.

Trunk

Main Branch

Mediumbranch

Twig

Roots

1. Go to AutoShapes and select Lines

2. Choose the Line tool that looks like this:

1. Start at the top of the trunk.

Main Branch

Mediumbranch

Twig

2. Draw a line out to the edge, don’t release the mouse!

Without stopping return to where you started and double click.

Main Branch

Mediumbranch

Twig

This branch will automatically fill with white

Main Branch

Mediumbranch

Twig

Continue this process till you feel there are enough main branches. All branches must go out to the edge of the shape.

Using the same process, add as many medium branches as you think are needed. All branches must go out to the edge of the shape.

You will draw all the twigs without ever releasing the mouse

Twigs are added using the Line tool that looks like this:

Start outside the shape draw in to thebranch

Follow the line half way back, then continueout pasttheedge.

Draw back into the shape, to another branch.

Follow the twig half way out then drawout past the edge.

Finish the tree by adding twigs to the ends of all the branches. All twigs must go out to the edge of the shape.

Using the arrow, select the entire image, go to Draw and select Group

We are now ready to compose the poem.

•Ideas can be expressed both visually and verbally

The Poem will havethree lines.

• Line one - Describes your tree image

• Line two - Makes your tree a metaphor for an important ethical value

• Line three - Uses the ethical value that you have chosen.

•Ethical values express important ideas of how people should treat each

other

What are someEthical values?

• Integrity - You act and speak honestly

• Compassion - You act caring and kind

• Courage - You do what’s right when it’s difficult

• Commitment - You keep promises

• Appreciation of Diversity- You enjoy peoples differences

• Responsibility - You can be trusted

Some examples

or

The tree looks bold and powerful

The tree is round and delicate

Line one - Describes your tree image, such as:

Some examples



Sometimes I need such strength

The branches show us the wind

Line two - Makes your tree a metaphor, such as:

or

Some examples




The branches show us the wind

For the courage to help a friend

This is the integrity of nature

Line three - Uses the ethical value that you have chosen, such as:

or

The tree looks bold and powerfulSometimes I need such strengthFor the courage to help a friend

Type your poem in a text box

The tree looks bold and powerfulSometimes I need such strengthFor the courage to help a friend

Experiment with different fonts and sizes













Adjust the text box so it touches the bottom and the right edge




Moving text










The top and left side should be 1/2” from the guide lines

1/2 inch

1/2 inch




In a text box in the top right type the attribution

© HCPS ethical values CardArtist and Poet: John Smith, 5W/M Use Ariel

narrow, size 8

Your attribution tells who made the card. It should look like this:

©HCPS Ethical Values Poetry CardArtist and Poet: John Smith, date

Use Ariel narrow, size 8

To type a copyright symbol ©:

1. Place the cursor before |HCPS

3. Find the © and select it

4. Click Insert and then close

2. Go to Insert and select Symbol..




Now you should check the spelling of your card

HCPS Ethical Values CardArtist and Poet: John Smith

Go to Tools and select Spelling...

Make any needed corrections




Select the tree and the attribution


Go to Draw and select Rotate or Flip

Choose Flip Vertically




Select the tree and the attribution


Go to Draw and select Rotate or Flip

Choose Flip Vertically

Your card is now ready to print

If you want to send these to more than one person, you can take them to a copy store and have copies made.

You might want to have the copies made on colored paper.

Making an Envelope for your card

You will need:1 - 8 1/2 X 11 sheetwhite or colored paper

Scissors

Glue Stick

Place the Paper vertically

Lay the folded card horizontally centered at the bottom

Fold the sheet of paper down at the edge of the card




Edina Schools ethical values CardArtist and Poet: John Smith

Edina Schools ethical values Card Artist and Poet: John Smith

Edina Schools ethical values CardArtist and Poet: John Smith




Now we will fold the card

Turn it overFold downTurn it overFold over

Make a sharp crease

Fold the sheet of paper down at the edge of the card

Make a sharp crease

Open the folded sheet


Fold the sides in at the edge of the card




Move the card above the fold line

Fold the top down over the edge of the card

Fold the top down over the edge of the card

Unfold all the folds and remove the card

Unfold all the folds and remove the card

Cut away the corner rectangles



Fold the bottom back up



Place glue on both the side flaps

Place glue on both the side flaps

Fold the flaps over and press

Slip the card into the envelope

Fold the flap down

Fold the flap down

Fold the flap down

You can glue the flap in place when you mail the

card

Did you?

• Create an original tree drawing using Power Point• Compose a poem using the tree as inspiration• Create a greeting card that expresses an important

ethical value

• Ideas can be expressed both visually and verbally

• Ethical values express important ideas of how people

should treat each other

•Artists use trees in their artwork to express their ideas

•Trees can be used as a metaphor for an idea

Do you know?

Can

you?

• Design and draw an original tree

• Use Power Point as a drawing program

• Use metaphor visually and verbally

• Make an envelop for your card

Trees in Artwork

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* Created by Kay Wagner, Ph.D., Edina Public Schools, Edina, Minnesota Drawn images may be used freely, fair use laws apply to all other images