Water Colours Lesson Plan
Water Colours Lesson Plan
Water Colours Lesson Plan
- D1.1 Create two- and three-dimensional works of art that express personal feelings and
ideas inspired by the environment or that have the community as their subject
- D1.4 use a variety of materials, tools, and techniques to respond to design challenges
Learning Goals
Students will learn about the colour wheel and its complementary colours
Students will able to identify cool tone and warm tones.
Success Criteria
- I can list same warm and cool tones
- I can explain what complementary colours are
Assessment as Learning
- Students will have an opportunity where they can share their work with their peers and
receive feedback.
- Students will also have frequent check ins from the educator to ensure they are meeting
expectations and are on the right path.
Activation
Here is the “hook” for your lesson. How will you get students engaged and grab their attention
to learn? This might be an engaging video, a prompt and questions, a hands-on short activity,
etc. If you refer to the TVO learn site, for example, this section is called “minds-on”.
Before I introduced the lesson to the students, I wanted to create my own picture using the
same materials I would be providing for the students. I created the 3 different steps what I
expect the students to follow throughout this lesson. The first step was to draw your picture.
The second step was to fold the paper in half (diagonal, horizonal, or vertical). The students
would then decide which half will be painted using cool tones, and which half will be using
warm tones. Once student are done painting using the water colours, they can move onto the
third step. The third step is to go over their pencil lines using a black marker.
My “hook” for my lesson was to ask the students what they enjoy drawing. The teacher will be
writing these ideas down as the students are explaining what they enjoy drawing.
The teacher will then show a picture of their first step to provide the students an example of
how large their picture should be. This will help create a clear expectation on what you want
the students work to look like. The students can still draw whatever the wish, but if their
drawing is small, it can be challenging completing step 2 and 3. The teacher will then discuss
with the students the different strategies they can use to complete their individual drawings.
Action
- Discussing warm and cool colours. Discussing the different tones within the warm and
cool colours too.
o For example, using less water when mixing the purple colour can create a
darker purple and it will be considered a cool tone. Adding more water when
mixing purple can create a lighter shade of purple but it will still be considered
a cool tone.
- Looking at images that contrast warm/cool tones.
Reflection
- Example of my own work really helped students with their project
- Some students needed to tape over their paper because they were having a difficult
time with the clear lines and were getting frustrated
- Some students needed more frequent reminders of warm/cool tones
- In the future, I will have them create their own chart of warm/cool colours so they have
it beside them to refer back to whenever.
Modifications/Differentiation/Accommodations
Tell me how this lessons could be modified or differentiated for different types of learners.
- Colour page for students
- Technology and to work on more detailed work and various forms of it (i.e. paint by
numbers)
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