Winter Birch Trees
Learning Targets
I can...- Create Winter Birch Trees using camouflage techniques (dry brush, blending, bleeding) learned in class
- Use texture (rough, soft, smooth) cool colors (blue, purple, pink) and space (foreground, middle ground, background) relating to American West Painter Bev Doolittle
- Use design principles (composition, placement, gradation) to mimic art making approaches of Native American Art
- Define Landscape (a picture showing countryside or land scenery)
Lesson One
Day One, Art Start
1. Where Silence Speaks- Forest Has Eyes (1986) American West Painter Bev Doolittle
Lesson Activities
1. Use Cool Colors (blue, pink, purple) to fill in the background of their paintings2. Cut Out and Glue 6" by 12" manila paper to the bottom of the paper for the snowy ground
3. Cut Out 6" by 12" white paper for snowdrifts in the clean snowy ground
Reminder:
- Initials & Home Teacher on Back of Paper
Day Two, Art Start
1. Retrieve Winter Birch Trees for Assigned Table
2. Read "Snowballs" by Lois Elhert
3. Woodland Encounter (1981) Bev Doolittle
Lesson Activities
1. Use blending techniques (mixing, smearing, smoothing) to smooth the cool colored background
2. Use erasers to remove any smudge marks from the snow drifts and snowy ground
3. Use cardboard strips to design THREE large trees and THREE small trees
Day Three, Art Start
1. Retrieve Winter Birch Trees for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (Black Tempera Paint, Glue Sticks, Scissors)
Lesson Activities
1. Use dry brush technique (wash, blend, scratch) to make realistic tree trunks
2. Cut out & Glue down SIX Trees to Cool Colored Backgrounds
3. Add Lights & Shadows with black crayon to Winter Birch Trees
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