Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 Curriculum Overview Lesson

Lesson
Title/Focus

Water colour Birchbark Trees

Teacher Samantha Davis

Time
Duration

60 minutes

Grade

General Learning
Outcomes:

Specific Learning
Outcomes:

4, Art

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

Component 10 (iii) Media and Techniques: Students will use media and
techniques, with an emphasis on mixing media and perfecting techniques in
drawing, painting, print making, sculpture, fabric arts, photography and
technographic arts
10.B.3: Continue working with tempera paint or tempera paint with additives,
and be introduced to water colour
10.B.6: Apply washes, using tempera or water colour.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will:
1)
demonstrate an understanding of perspective
2)
explore watercolour washes to create light and shadow
ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:

* What is perspective
* What is depth
* How can we create depth and perspective within a landscape
painting
* What are the different grounds of a painting

Products/Performanc * Water
es:

colour Birchbark Tree painting

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

* Alberta Education Art Programs of Study

* Water Colour Paper
* http://www.afaithfulattempt.blogspot.ca/2011/01 * Water Colour Paint
/birch-trees-in-winter.html
* Masking Tape
* Pencils
* Black Marker
* Salt
* Self checklist
PROCEDURE
Introduction

Time

Attention Grabber

* Give me five
Assessment of Prior
* Ask: What have we been learning about in Art in the past few
Knowledge
weeks
* What is a landscape?
* How could we use some of the things we learned about
portraiture while creating a landscape painting?
Expectations for
Learning and
Behaviour

* Students keep noise level down to a respectful level

* Students take part in the art activity
* Students follow along step by step
* Students complete self checklist

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 Curriculum Overview Lesson

Transition to Body

* Line up in the door by birth order in family

* Find a spot in the art room
Body

Learning Activity
#1

Assessments/
Differentiation:

* Discuss perspective
* We talked about perspective in our past two art classes while
creating portraits. Does anyone remember what this meant?
What do you think perspective would be while creating a
landscape painting?
* Thinner tape goes in the background and thicker tape in the
foreground
* This helps to give the illusion of depth and space
* Ask: What is depth?
* Remind students about background, middle ground and
foreground

( 5 min )
Time

( 5 min)

* Observe students answering questions

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 Curriculum Overview Lesson

Learning Activity
#2

Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#3

Watercolour Birch Trees:

1)
Show students photos of birch trees
2)
Discuss where the shadows, lights and colours hit the trees
3)
Start by drawing a wavy snow line towards the bottom of
water colour paper
4)
Then, using masking tape, tape down some trees making
sure to press the edges of the tape with scissors
5)
To reduce the tapes stickiness, so it peels off the paper
without ripping, have the students stick the tape to their clothing
first, to take away the excess stickiness.
6)
For any tape that is in the snow, students need to outline
lightly with pencil otherwise they disappear when the tape comes
off
7)
Test out shadow colours (Ask what these would be: blues,
grays, purples, etc) on scrap paper
8)
Paint shadows going in a straight diagonal line going left or
( 40 min )
right off of the bottom of the tree and onto the snow. These are
the cast shadows
9)
Paint the sky however fitting, could be sunsets, sunrises,
night sky, blue sky, etc
10)
Blend colours using wet on wet techniques, mixing with a
wide flat brush (practice on scrap paper first)
11)
Let dry (can work on snowflakes here)
12)
Can sprinkle with salt while still wet, creates texture
13)
Slowly and carefully, peel off tape
14)
Paint a light gray shadow on the same side of your tree as on
the direction of the cast shadows
15)
Using black marker, draw curved markings on the tree to
create the birch bark
16)
Make falling snow by dipping the end of a brush in white
tempera and dabbing all over the sky
* We will complete this entire process step by step, together
* Students are engaged throughout process
* Students are following along step by step
* Students are completing self checklist
* While waiting for paint to dry before peeling off tape, as well as
if students finish early, provide paper for them to cut out paper
snowflakes for the bulletin board in the classroom
* Quickly review how to do this, step by step in a demo
Closure

Consolidation of
Learning

Time

Today we carried over the concept of perspective, we just

learned how to apply it to a landscape rather then a portrait. We
learned how to create depth in a picture using scale and the
different grounds.

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 Curriculum Overview Lesson

Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson

* Questions asked
* Contribution to discussion/answers to questions
* Self assessed checklist
* Verbal Feedback
* Marked checklist
* Clean up supplies
* Tidy up art room
* Move back into classroom for the end of the day (Line up by
clothing colour)

( 10 min )

Reflections
What went well?
What changes would
you make in your
planning? What
have you learned to
improve upon future
instruction?

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe