Art Lesson Plan

Title: Watercolor Resist Landscape

Unit: African Art

Grade level (s): 2-3

Medium: Watercolor, crayon, pencil

Suggested Time: 30-45 minutes

Instructional Objectives (2-3):
African Savanna
Watercolor Resist
3 Parts of a Landscape
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
Balance, unity, emphasis
Materials and Equipment:
Pencils, watercolors, paintbrushes, watercolor paper, crayons
General Vocabulary (4-5):
Foreground, middleground, background, horizon line
Art Production (based on Madeline Hunter model)
1.anticipatory set
2. state objectives
3. Input: art history, instructions
5. check for understanding 6. guided practice 7. independent practice

4.demonstration, modeling
8. closure

1. Anticipatory Set
-Introduced Landscape
-showed various landscape pictures; introduced vocabulary
-Connected back to African Unit
2. State Instructional Objectives
3. Input: art history, instructions
-showed different examples of African Savanna
-gave instructions for the project
-must use pencil to draw an African Landscape
-must draw the three parts of a landscape
-must draw three animals; one in each part of the landscape
-use crayon to outline the pencil darkly
-use watercolor to wash over outlines using many colors
4. Demonstration, modeling
-demonstrate landscape on the white board
5. Check for Understanding
-teacher asks questions
7. Independent Practice
-students work on project
8. Closure
-critiqued each others finished projects and their own artwork

Rubric:
Content:
Students showed: (1) African Savanna; (2) Watercolor Resist; (3) 3 parts of a
Landscape.
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Creativity:
Student used many different colors, animals, and landscapes.
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Craftsmanship:
The project is neat. There are more than 3 colors, no pencil marks, and the crayon
outline is recognizable and dark.
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Completion:
The students completed the project in one class period.
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Comments:
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