Lesson 2: Pointillism Landscapes
(Students will study Post Impressionist art and then create their own pointillism landscape of a place of personal importance to them.)
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Lesson Procedure with Time
Line:
Day 1: I will ask students to
describe a personal place that is of importance to them. They will write a page
that describes it and what about it is meaningful to them. Also, we will watch
a short film that introduces Impressionism and Post- Impressionism to students.
Day 2: I will show slides of
related art and talk about the aspects of this art era that made it
significant. I will demonstrate skills and techniques of working with
watercolor.
Day 3: I will explain the
lesson. Students will be painting their own special personal place of importance
to them using a post impressionistic style. They will be using small sponges to
create a watercolor painting using the three primary colors, which contain the
effects of light, shadow, and blended color.
Day 4: Work Day
Day 5: Work Day- Finish project
Motivations:
Students will have a chance to
express a personally meaningful place in a visual way.
Students will have an
opportunity to compare how other artists have expressed themselves in a visual manner
to the way that they interpret and express their own ideas.
Goals and Objectives:
Students will learn how other
artists have expressed their ideas in a visual way.
Students will learn how to use
watercolors to create effects of light, color, and shadow.
Students will consider what
ideas are important and what ideas they want to visually communicate about
their personal places to others.
Students will learn an
alternative way to paint.
Materials List:
Heavy-weight white paper,
slides, watercolors, paint trays, sponges, construction paper, and colored
pencils (to draw details with)
Preparation:
Reserve a movie about the
Impressionists.
Check out books, which show
examples of Impressionist art.
Demonstrate techniques of
working with watercolors.
Bring slides of related art.
Adaptations for Disabled:
Make written directions to help
remind students of the steps of the lesson.
Associates and myself will
assist lower ability kids with problems as they encounter them.
Evaluation:
Students will be equally
evaluated based on the following criteria: attitude and effort, use of the
elements of art and design, personal place context (project relates to the
personal place that the student is trying to communicate), creativity and
originality, technical skills, clean-up, and planning of the project.