Joan Miro“My father was very realistic … if I said the sky was purple, he made fun of me, which threw me into a

rage.”

About Miro …

• This Spanish artist This Spanish artist painted a world of painted a world of wondrous creatures wondrous creatures that seem to dance that seem to dance before our eyesbefore our eyes.

About Miro …

•He got his ideas for He got his ideas for his pictures by his pictures by remembering his remembering his family’s farm.family’s farm.

About Miro …

•He was inspired by He was inspired by plants, animals, and plants, animals, and insects he saw there.insects he saw there.

About Miro …

•Rather than paint Rather than paint them exactly as they them exactly as they look, Miro invented all look, Miro invented all kinds of colorful kinds of colorful creatures.creatures.

About Miro …

•Miro loved to paint Miro loved to paint flowing curvy shapes.flowing curvy shapes.

Joan Miro paintings

Let’s analyze …

•Can you find a creature that seems to be made from a guitar and has a circle for a head?• Find a creature that is coming out of a boxout of a box. It has two colored wings, one yellow and one blue. It has black antennae and two tiny black arms.

Let’s analyze …

•Look for two creatures in the front of Look for two creatures in the front of the picture. the picture.

Let’s analyze …

• They have striped bodies and curvy They have striped bodies and curvy arms. arms.

Let’s analyze …

• What do you think they are What do you think they are doing?doing?

Let’s analyze …

•Notice the ladder. Notice the ladder.

Let’s analyze …

•What do you see as you What do you see as you climb to the top of it?climb to the top of it?

Make up a title …

•What are all these crazy What are all these crazy creatures doing?creatures doing?

Let’s make our own Miro paintings

Follow these directions …

Directions:

•For this lesson we For this lesson we will begin with a will begin with a white sheet of paper white sheet of paper and crayons.and crayons.

Directions:

•Draw plants, Draw plants, animals, and insects animals, and insects in a Miro-like garden.in a Miro-like garden.

Directions:

•Press firmly on your Press firmly on your crayon when drawing. crayon when drawing. (You will see why (You will see why soon!)soon!)

Directions:

•When you think you When you think you are done with this part, are done with this part, go to next step...go to next step...

Directions:

•Use the watercolor paint Use the watercolor paint and paint gently over your and paint gently over your crayon drawings.crayon drawings.

Directions:

•Follow all of Mrs. Follow all of Mrs. Church's “How to Church's “How to Paint” rules!!!Paint” rules!!!

Directions:

•Let it dry and glue it to a Let it dry and glue it to a colorful sheet of colorful sheet of construction paperconstruction paper.