Visual Arts Week 1 At A Glance 2019-2020  Specialists: Christina Jansson and Lisa Dail 

Grade   Lesson Objective 

Standard  Key Vocabulary   Art Lesson  

1  Students will identify and use line, shape, texture and color to draw a seahorse in its environment using mixed media. 

1.3- Identify the elements of art in objects in nature, in the environment, and in works of art, emphasizing line, color,shape/form, and texture. 

 

Wax Resist Technique- A wash of color (paint) layered over a design that has been created with a waxy medium (ex.-crayon).   The wax ”resists” and repels (pushes away)  the paint away.  Texture- The way something feels or looks like it might feel.  

 Swimming Seahorses 

  Metallic Crayon 

Watercolor Wash  

  2 

Students will draw a landscape of a rainy day, using values and multi media to create a reflected image that shows the illusion of space. 

 

2.3 Paint or draw a landscape, seascape, or cityscape that shows the illusion of space.  

Reflected image - throwback an image of, or mirror. The ocean reflected the setting sun. 

Value - The lightness or darkness of a color 

Concentric Circles- Circles that share the same center.    

 

Stormy Day   

Tempera paint Oil Pastel 

  3 

.Students will use mixed media to create a cityscape using overlapping buildings to create the illusion of space.   

1.3- Identify and describe how foreground, middle ground, and background are used to create the illusion of space.    2.3- Paint or draw a landscape, seascape, or cityscape that shows the illusion of space 

Foreground- Part of the picture that appears  closest to the viewer.  Middle ground- Area in a picture between the foreground and the background.   Background- Part of the picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer.  Space-Element of art referring to the 

Rooftops and Facades   

Crayon  Tempera paint 

Oil Pastel 

emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects.  Facade- the front of a building.  Overlap-to extend one object over part of another object. 

 

4  Students will view paintings as they learn about tints and shades. Students will demonstrate their  understanding as they create tints and shades in their own original artwork.  

1.2 Describe how artists use tints and shades in painting.  

Complementary Colors- Two colors on opposite sides of the color wheel. 

*When complementary colors are placed  next to each other  

they both appear brighter.  Hue- Pure Color. The primary and secondary colors (Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Green, Purple)  Tint- A mixture of pure color with white.    Tone- A mixture of pure color with only Gray.  Shade- A mixture of pure color with black 

Tints and Shades  

Crayon Oil Pastel 

 

5  Students will create the illusion of space as they  use one-perspective skills to depict a real or imaginary aquarium scene.  

2.1- Use one-point perspective to create the illusion of space.  VA 2.6- Use perspective in an original work of art to create a real or imaginary scene. 

 

One Point Perspective- A way to show three dimensional objects on a two dimensional surface.  Horizon Line- The line at which the sky meets land or water. It is the actual height of the viewer’s eye.  (Eye level).  Vanishing Point- The appearance of a point on the horizon line where lines appear to converge or meet. Objects look smaller as they get 

One Point Perspective Aquarium 

  Crayon  Sharpie 

Watercolor Wash 

closer to the vanishing point.