GREEK STORY VASES
Subject:
Art History
Grade:
3+
Age:
7+
Submitted by:
Doreen Diorio, an Art Teacher/Artist at P.S. 105, Brooklyn, New York.
Objectives:
Introducing students to the art of Greek vases while they develop their own storytelling skills
Vocabulary:
greek, vase, pottery, red, black, ware,
What You Need:
What You Do:
- Introduce Greek vases through images. Describe creating and storytelling techniques used on vases.
- Have students lightly draw their own story in 2 parts, first on paper and then on both sides of the cup with a pencil. Emphasize the use of clear outlined images and design with few details
- Using the pencils, have students "carve" into the lines they wish to keep without breaking the cup. Encourage them to take their time.
- Color inside the outlined areas with black pastel. Have the students press hard, then smudge with a black craypas. Color outside of the black forms (in the negative space) with brick red craypas. Smudge the pastel onto the cup using tissues. An "outline" will appear white around the forms from the cup color.
- After the vases are complete, each student should be encouraged to write a short story describing the image on their work of art.
Recommended Books:
Off the Wall Museum Guides for Kids: Greek and Roman Art
by Georgia O'Keeffe, Nicolas Callaway, Nicholas Callaway
Make the "classical connection!" Filled with the magic of mythology; images of sports and romance; exploits of appealing superheroes (like Hercules), and epic adventures of the Trojan War, every piece of Greek and Roman art has a story to tell.
