Lesson At A Glance

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30 Min – Students work on complement animal paintings

35 Min – Everyone works to complete their animal painting

15 Min – Early finishers can form groups for a drawing game.

Extra– Any extra time may be filled with artists’ choice

2 Min – Everyone Helps

SCROLL & TEACH

LESSONPLAN

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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

1. Work from dark to light – Sunrise method.
2. Look at your reference a lot!
3. Mix your colors – do not use tube colors.

Also review the IRPSGLAC method. See if your students can remember the acronym and what each letter stands for.

1. Inspiration
2. Reference
3. Practice
4. Setup
5. Guide Lines
6. Art!
7. Cleanup

Walk around and help your students, asking for permission to give any suggestions. Be on the lookout for disatisfaction, which is sometimes hidden by students. Asking, “Is there anything you’re not happy with right now?” is a good way to begin.

Quietly give students a short project, making either a Spring-themed cartoon or a simple Spring drawing they would like to do. Explain that they are waiting for enough students to finsih so you can do a little demo.

Explain that next week is a palette knife painting project, so practicing using the leftover paints they have is a great use of time and resources. You can show a bit of technique, and/or explain using the teacher talk below.

You can use a sheet of canvas, or a sheet of watercolor paper. Students should stay away from the edges so the wet surfaces can be taped or pinned to a wall.

This only uses leftover paints and does not have to cover the canvas since we will add more to it later.

Make sure that students only use leftover paints for the following palette knife practice. If they don’t have any leftovers, or just a tiny bit, you may need to help them choose 3 colors, with one being white. Have students put out just enough extra paint to make a few small areas with the palette knife technique. Since this is practice, the paint can be worked with several times before it dries too much. Let young artists know right away to not get out new paints without permission.

Encourage students and make the rounds, helping individuals as needed by asking questions and giving your honest responses.

When several students have completely cleaned up (including super-washing their brushes), you can group them for the artist’s game in STEP 5: Crazy Creatures!

• Wash hands
• Super-wash brushes if used
• Put painting supplies away
• Wipe tables & toss trash

You can hand out the PDF starter pages or just let students start the pictures themselves. Each student gets a starter page or blank regular sized copy paper page. Use an dark pencil like a 4B.

If many in your class is doing this you can play music, and pause it as a signal to stop and pass the drawings every 2 or 3 minutes. Keep an eye on the progress, so you don’t rush anyone, or have them get bored waiting either.

RULES

1. Make it nice. Nothing can be drawn that any parent would be unhappy about
2. Make it good. Begin each turn by thinking and visualizing. What will look cool on this new creature?
3. One part each turn. You can only draw one creature part each turn. A nose is one part. A pair of eyes can be one part too, but a head is many parts.
4. Original parts. You cannot draw the same thing twice
5. Be considerate. You cannot mess things up on purpose
6. Take your time. It’s not a race.

Everyone should write their name on the first paper that they are starting with, and pass to the right/receive from the left.

Stop whenever you like. After you’re all finished, students get to keep the one with their name on it. You can let them all vote on the best one, since they all worked on it together. If you have the resources, you can make everyone a copy of the best one.

Students can trade their originals with each other if they want to.

Anyone who has completely finished their work and cleaned up, may use pencil, charcoal, or oil pastels to express themselves in any way they want.

• 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

• Acrylic Paints
• Brushes
• Palette Pad
• Palette Knives
• Sketch paper or copy paper
• 2B Pencil
• 4B Pencil
• White Eraser
• Oil Pastels
• Charcoal

Week 26: Ketchup Day

There should be a lot of half-finished color journals and artwork that students need to finish up. This week we will be reviewing, creating organization, catching up (ketchup… get it!), and thinking about future projects. Students who are completely finished with everything will have artists’ choice. We also look at the rise of the Impressionists and their significance in art history.

Week 27: Spring Break