1. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Integrated Art Lessons: A Classroom Resource for Teachers
Presented by:
Cameron Art Museum
3201 South 17th Street
Wilmington, North Carolina 28412
In cooperation with:
The A+ Schools Program
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
P. O. Box 26170
Greensboro, North Carolina
aplus-schools.uncg.edu
Funded by a grant from the Corning Foundation
Author: Martha Burdette

2. Lesson Seven Integrated Concepts
Language Arts: descriptive language, imaginative narrative, story elements
Science: weather, climate, seasons
Visual Art: color, texture, space, light, shape, line, art vocabulary

3. Paintings or drawings that depict (show) an outdoor scene,
mostly without people, buildings, or other elements are
called landscapes.
Many people say landscapes make them feel calm, relaxed
or peaceful.

4. If paintings that are
mostly just about the outdoors are called landscapes…
What would you call
these paintings?
Explain why.

5. Like a story, a painting may have a main idea.
Sometimes the title helps tell the main idea.
What title would you give this painting?
Explain why you chose that title.

6. Here is another artist’s painting of the sky.
What title would you choose for this painting?
Why do you think your title is a good one for this artwork?

7. Let’s compare and contrast these two paintings.
What do you notice in each about:
color?
shape?
texture?
space?
light?
line?

8. Have you ever seen a sky that looked like this?
What time of day could it be when the sky looks like this?
What are the clues that tell the time of day?
What could the weather be like? How can you tell?
Does the season seem to be winter, summer, spring or fall? Why do think that?

9. Have you seen the sky look like this? Explain.
Can you describe what the artist has done in this painting to
get the viewer to pay attention?
What does the grid make you think about?
Why do you think the artist chose to paint the sky this way?

10. How do you feel when you look at these paintings?
People often like to write about their feelings.
How would you begin writing a poem or a paragraph
describing your feelings about these paintings?
How would you describe one of these paintings if you
wanted to use it as a setting for a story?

11. If you were composing an imaginative narrative using
either of these images as a setting, how could you begin?
Which of the paintings would you choose as a setting?
What other elements could you add to the painting to
bring characters or events to your story? (For example, a
kite)

12. Information about the art and the artists
Title: “Opid, France”
Artist/Dates: Anthony Thieme
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: “ x “
Title: “Flight”
Artist/Dates: Herb Jackson, American, born 1945
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Size: 48” x 60”
Date: 1972
Title: “ White Clouds, Mooselookmeguntic”
Artist/Dates: John Beerman,
American, Born 1958
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 30” x 50”
Date: 1994
What else would you like to know about the art or artists?
How could you find out?