Lesson At A Glance

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10 Min – Painting tips

12 Min – Small color study with oil pastels

5 Min – Create a neat work area

10 Min – Big shapes with canvas pencil

35 Min – Paint

5 Min – Paint the lightest spots

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LESSONPLAN

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It’s helpful to allow students to switch after they’ve begun sketching if they find that a subject is too hard. Try to steer them towards a more simple animal if you can.

Limit students to only one referrence change though, or they will not have time to sketch and become familiar with their subject, leading to frustration and disatisfaction with the end result.

Make sure they understand that their choice will become a full color painting for this week and next. Students are free to change their animal reference within the first 10 minutes of class.

Types of practice drawings:

1. Thumbnails – Do at least 2 of these.

Make very small postage stamp sized boxes to plan how the big shapes will be arranged in the frame.

2. Speed sketches – Do 2 to 4 of these.

A large version of a thumbnail, that helps you practice the big shapes at the size you’ll paint, without worrying about the details. It helps to use charcoal so you don’t even try to draw details.

3. Study sketches – Do 1 or 2 of these.

Any detailed sketch with shading, of a portion of your reference.

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Alternatively you can provide a print of the PDF for every student to keep as reference.

Encourage drawing little pictures of the steps along with the notes the students are taking. Artists retain information better when doodling.

IRPSGLAC

Go over each stage briefly while you’re on the 2nd slide.

1 Inspiration – what makes you eager to begin?

2 Reference – find good pictures or objects

3 Practice – There are 3 practice sketches you can do:

Thumbnails for Design

speed sketches for big shapes

study sketches for details

4 Set up – An organized work area

5 Guide lines – light, lighter and lightest – modify until accurate

6 Art – Have fun!

7 Cleanup – Superwash, trash, check for stray supplies

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Read the teacher talk below. If students do not have their Color Star, use the graphic below to display to the class. Any color that lies directly across the middle from a color, is a complementary color.

Any red is a complement to any green. A primary always has a secondary complement, and tertiary colors have other tertiaries for complements, ie: red-violet is the complement to yellow-green.

Pigment opposites, which we covered a few weeks ago, are very specific and help with mixing, whereas complements are more generalized visual pairings of colors – a color scheme. Students will need to begin to understand the difference between the two kinds of opposites, if they want to master color mixing as well as color schemes.

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Brushes should be nylon for springiness and durability. Round brushes are the most versatile.

Paint pigment list:

• Napthol or Pyrrol Red
• Hansa or Light Yellow
• Pthalo Green (blue shade)
• Cyan or Cerulean Blue
• Ultramarine Blue
• Dioxazine Purple
• Magenta
• Burnt Umber
• Raw Sienna
• Titanium White (professional grade only)

Create a neat work area.

1. Water should be near the palette
2. Tubes should not be standing up because they fall into your work or palette
3. Palette, brushes, water, and paper towel should be on the right if you are right handed.
4. Set up your reference so you can see it easily without having to turn your head or stand up.
5. Tape your canvas to a board
6. Smocks
7. A table or floor easel may be used if available

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Take your time so you can be accurate, but only do the 5 or 6 biggest shapes and a few other important guide lines such as eyes and nose or tail.

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1. Paint the background first, one area at a time.
2. Work from the top and come downward as you finish areas.
3. Work from dark to light, in the sunrise method.
4. Mix colors. Do not use them right out of the tube (bright red is ok)
5. Mix water or have enough paint so you’re not scraping dry brush
6. Cover the canvas so that there is no gesso showing. Very important!

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• Wash hands
• Super-wash brushes if used
• Put art supplies away
• Wipe tables & toss trash
• Remove any smocks (last)
• Check for items on floors and tables

Print all of your PDFs from the lesson plan and cut any references apart as needed.

STUDENT’S

MATERIALS

• 14″ x 17″ Sketch Paper
• 2B Pencil
• 4B Pencil
• White Eraser
• Oil Pastels
• Acrylic paints
• Brushes
• Palette Pad
• Canvas Pencil

Week 25: Complementary Finish

This week everyone will continue on their animal paintings using the complementary color schemes and mixing opposites for shadow colors. Paintings should be finished this week. There is a fun drawing in the round game for early finishers

Week 26: Colors Under the Knife

Continuing with painting, Students will learn how to use the palette knife painting technique before working on a landscape. There are specific colors that must be mixed and used side by side. This helps artists see how expanding your colors to several variations enhances the final painting.