Information:
Art Institute of Chicago: Harvest Talk
Harvest Talk artwork resource packet by the Art Institute of Chicago
AIC Portrait of Charles White (video)
Informative video including White
Short youtube video on White (might be nice to show during presentation)
Unfortunately, as of now, there are no books on Charles White at the Hillcrest LRC or the Downers Grove library.
Presentation:
Art Project Ideas:
It would be nice for the kids to use charcoal for the art project since Charles White did so many charcoal drawings. There are many options you can choose. Here is one project idea:
In addition, the websites listed below will give you inspiration. You can have the students concentrate on learning how to shade a limited number of objects. Or they can cover their paper in charcoal and use an eraser to draw. Spray fixative should be used when the kids are done using charcoal.
Artforkidshub.com – how to shade a sphere (videos)
Charcoal rubbings (this looks like one of Charles White’s drawings called Love Letter #1)
Hillcrest PTA 