The paintings we looked at: (we suggest you look for them via the internet!)
From the Lake No. 1, 1924
Georgia O'Keeffe
The Blindman's Meal, 1903
Pablo Picasso
Jasper Johns
Periscope
Frida and Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo
Our responses in forms of poems. (Take a look at how well we have mastered line and stanza work!)
Untitled
Gabriel G.
A blind man touching what he has
to eat. Reminds me of Helen Keller.
Being amazed by the blind man
eating. Why did you draw this picture
he was in the crowd.
Michael E.
This lake is
not an ordinary
lake. It is the
lake of dreams
it has a soft pillow
in the middle of it
that we like to
call a cloud. Rain’s
tear drops startles
the lake. The
lake changed
colors yellow,
blue, green and
red. Now the waves
of silk splashes
upon the streams
for if this lake
will change colors it will always be
the lake of dreams.
Frida the Confusing Girl
Lizbeth C.
Frida likes her friends
she draws them on paintings
she wants to show her culture.
She is very famous.
Her drawing shows how she
feels around Diego Rivera.
It looks like Diego is
a painter like Frida.
Frida might work with Diego.
They are really close friends
they might even be more
than friends at this time.
Is Frida sad, happy or mad
You can barely tell about
her because she is confusing.
Jasper Johns –Periscope
Sebastian O.
I see words, I see letters. I see
a hand. The hand is growing
a word.
From the
Brittany W.
The lake is
a tough storm
howling like a
wolf
whispering like
the wind
there is a
ship a
fox a
whale and
a storm
with huge waves
there was a
crash, boom, and
then a storm
the people on
the ship
need
help.
From the
Ahmad I.
a lake with
a killer whale
and a meteor
about to
fall but
the whale
tires to call
and the skies
shining like
a newborn
sea of beautiful
colors but
not a rainbow
a beautiful
color you cannot
miss and a
bird flying
as the
banana is
crying
because
he lost his
banana
peal and
a fish
jumping
off the sea
as the giant
stays on the
land.
Untitled
Deanne A.
I love how made dark to light
on the waves and when you look
very close I see a birds head and
storm clouds of night.
why, because
when, now
where, there
how, image
what, river
who, a friend.
Blindmans Meal
Osvaldo R.
I was lonely
no one with me
but the scent of the soup
is with me
I know I am blind
but the scent stays with me.
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Monika B.
Why is the dove pink and holding a ribbon?
Is it because they are married?
Why is he holding many brushes and a plate to
hold his paint? Is it because he will
paint Frida? Why are they standing doing
nothing? Is it because they are being
painted. Why is she wearing a crown?
Is it because she will become a
Queen. What are the words on the
ribbon? Are they vows they
wrote to each other?
From the
Tracy L.
It seems so
colorful like
a rainbow exploded
and turned into
a river by a
mountain. Red, yellow,
all kinds of blue,
green, white, and
gray.
The Wave
Annie K.
The colors go in
like a wave,
it makes it so nice
like a person being quiet,
it looks like you can
put a boat right there.
So the colors all blend in.
Ben Groth
It looks like a
lake or
maybe an eel
very colorful
aqua to white
with very bright
sunshine.
