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Art Lesson Plan

Title: Savannah Landscape Unit: Water Color Resist Landscape


Grade level (s): 4-6 Medium: Watercolors & Pastels
Suggested Time: 2-1 hour sections

Instructional Objectives (2-3):


Students will be able to explain/show what foreground, background, and middle ground
look like.
Students will be able to explain/show what the horizon line is and where foreground,
middle ground, and background would be in comparison to that.

Elements of Art (1-3) line, color, shape, form, space, texture, value
Line
Color
Space

Principles of Design (1-3) repetition, pattern, movement, balance, emphasis, contrast, unity
Contrast
Emphasis

Materials and Equipment:


Paint Brush
Water Colors
Pastels
Water Cup
Pencil
Ruler
Erasers
Paper
Internet Connection
Computer
PowerPoint of other Landscape Drawings
Various Websites to Show Savannah Animals

General Vocabulary (4-5):


Foreground
Background
Middle Ground
Horizon Line

Art Production (based on Madeline Hunter model)


1.anticipatory set 2. state objectives 3. Input: art history, instructions 4.demonstration, modeling
5. check for understanding 6. guided practice 7. independent practice 8. closure

1. Play the PBS kids game to get the kids excited and to help them understand what
animals are in the Savannah.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/savanna/savanna_overview_lo.html
2. For the students to learn about the savannah and to understand what the horizon
line, foreground, background, and middle ground are.
State Standards
VA:Cr1.1 Elaborate on an imaginative idea.
VA:Cr3.1 Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance
emerging meaning.
VA:Re8.1 Interpret art by analyzing use of media to create subject matter,
characteristics of form, and use of media.
National Standards
VA:Cr2.2 Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
VA:Cr3.1 Refine and complete artistic work.
VA:Pr4.1 Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
3. Directions
1. Invite the students to play the PBS game to show them what animals live
in the Savannah and get them exciting for the lesson. Show a PowerPoint
of landscape drawings throughout art history to give examples of what a
landscape drawing looks like. Be sure to point out where the horizon line
is and what is in the pictures foreground, background, and middle ground.
(You may construct your own landscape drawing to show the students
what they will be doing. #4)
2. Invite the students to draw their own landscape with a pencil with
Savannah animals or plant life as the focus of their foreground,
background, and middle ground. Be sure to explain that their foreground
must have the most detail because it is the center of attention.
3. Allow the students to use pastels to make certain parts of their drawing
pop and use watercolors to color the rest of their landscape. Be sure to
explain to them they must do their pastels first as they will not be able to
once they have started painting with the watercolors. They also must use
lots of water to get the paint color to work and must wash their brushes
thoroughly so that they do not mix the watercolors.
4. You may allow time at the end of class for the students who would like to
share their finished landscape may do so with the rest of the class.
4. Before allowing the students to create their own landscape drawing it may be best for
you to create your own. Grab out your own paper, pastels, and watercolors and have
the students gather around you. Sketch out and paint a small fast example of the kind of
work they will need to be doing. Be sure to emphasize where the horizon line,
foreground, background, and middle ground of the drawing are.
5. Pull up the PowerPoint of landscape drawings and ask the students to point out what
the foreground, background, horizon line, and middle ground are in the paintings.
Ask them to give a short definition background, foreground, horizon line, and middle
ground.
6. Have the students share what animals or savannah plants they plan to use in their
landscape and share where each will be in their landscape.
Have the students start their own drawing of their Savannah landscape in pencil. Be
sure to walk around the room to make sure that they have grasped the understanding
landscape drawing.
7. Let them finish their landscape drawings on their own using the pastels and
watercolors. Be sure to remind them that their foreground must have more detail then
the rest of their landscape.
8. Allow the students that would like to share do so. Have them tell the class where their
horizon line, foreground, middle ground, and background are in their landscape.

Assessment (should relate to objectives):


Have the students draw a pencil landscape drawing of anything they would like. Have
them label their foreground, middle ground, background, and horizon line; as well as
provide a definition for each.

Modifications / Special Notes / Drawings

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