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Students will be able to independently use their learning to
Identify, choose, or arrange a strong visual composition.
Paint a realistic scene with acrylics or watercolors.
Meaning
UNDERSTANDINGS
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Students will understand that
Q1. What makes for a strong
U1. A strong composition has
composition? What makes for a
visual flow, balance, and a focal
poor composition?
point.
Q2. How are acrylics and
U2. A viewfinder, grid, and
watercolors different? When might
pencil can help them make good you choose one over the other?
use of space and capture correct Q3. What purpose does a still life or
proportions.
landscape painting serve?
U3. A scene looks more realistic
when you mix nuanced colors.
U4. One should generally paint
background to foreground.
U5. Texture can be created with
different brushstrokes and
techniques.
Acquisition
Students will know
Students will be skilled at
K1. The principles of balance,
S1. Developing a strong
emphasis, and visual flow.
composition.
K2. The elements of a still life
S2. Drawing multiple objects in
and landscape and how to
correct proportion and placement to
create the illusion of depth.
each other.
K3. The color wheel.
S3. Mixing secondary and tertiary
Evaluative Criteria
E1. Check color wheels for accurate
colors and values. (Teacher corrections)
E2. Thumbnail Sketches (Verbally check
student-to-student, then with teacher)
Use of space, fills the frame
Balanced composition
Focal Point
E3. Still Life Painting (Rubric)
Composition
Colors
Values
Texture
Background to Foreground
Approach
E4. Label a Landscape (Students present
orally)
Foreground, background,
middleground
Horizon line
Focal Point
Overlapping
Visual Flow
E5. Watercolor Landscape Exercise (Self-
Assessment Evidence
PERFORMANCE TASK(S):
T1. Paint a color wheel with primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and
their tints and shades.
T2. Plan a Fall Still Life by using a viewfinder and drawing 2 or more
thumbnail sketches from observation.
T3. Paint a Fall Still Life using acrylics.
T4. Label the parts of a landscape.
T5. Paint a step-by-step watercolor landscape.
T6. Paint an original watercolor landscape.
Stage 2 - Evidence
Check)
Transparent paint
Even washes
Dulled colors for atmospheric
perspective
Texture effects
E6. Original Watercolor Landscape
(Rubric)
Composition that has depth,
balance, visual flow, and a focal
point
Transparent paint
Even washes
Dulled colors for atmospheric
perspective
Texture effects
2.
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4.
5. Label a Landscape- Teacher displays several large landscapes and works with the class to identify the
foreground, middleground, background, horizon line, overlapping, focal point, atmospheric perspective, and
visual flow. Students work with partners and, using tracing paper, label the parts of their landscape. Some
groups present orally. A, M
6. Watercolor Landscape Exercise- Students paint a simple landscape step-by-step with the teacher, learning
watercolor techniques. A
7. Teacher gives a mini-devotion from Genesis and Revelation about Paradise created, lost, and made
accessible once again through Christ. Students plan their Paradise Paintings- original landscapes that
illustrate their idea of paradise. M, T
8. Original Watercolor Landscape created by students. T