watercolor lesson pack

WATERCOLOR

Lesson Pack

5 lessons for grades K-12 connecting art with E/LA, Math, Science, Social Studies

and Social/Emotional Learning.

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INTEGRATION OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

E/LA Math Science Social Studies Health

Visual Art Music Theater Movement

Inform. Literacy Tech Literacy Flexibility Initiative Social Skills

Critical Thinking Creative Thinking Collaborating Communicating Media Literacy

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Create Respond Perform/Produce/Present Connect

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EDUCATIONCLOSET Arts Integration & STEAM Resource

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MATERIALS KEY VOCABULARY ARTS CONCEPTS

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45-90 minutes

Plot, data, number line, graph, representation, analogous and complementary colors

Oil Resisting Messages

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WatercolorsOil PastelsWatercolor paper

How can we demonstrate resistance?

1. Experiment with watercolor resist by creating a series of patterns with light colored oil pastels. Then, paint over the pastels with the watercolors. What happens to the watercolor? Why does water resist the oil? Write down your observations. 2. Explore the term "resist". What are some ways you resist something or can be resistant? Find some text examples and explore their context. 3. List some of your favorite personality traits about yourself and some that you don't like. What are ways that you resist both sets of traits? 4. Write yourself a positive message about your personal traits using white oil pastel on the paper. Color over it with watercolor to reveal the message. Choose colors to reflect the message.

Rubric for resist painting and personality traits

5-PS1-4.Conduct an investigation to determine whether mixing two substances results in a new substance.

VA:Cr1.2.1a: Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a new work of art.

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Watercolor Stories

45-90 minutes K-6

Texture, Gradient, Flat Wash, Poetry, Layering, Plot

Watercolor PaperWatercolorsMasking TapeToothbrushQ-TipsPaintbrushesPlastic WrapPencils/PaperComputers and printer (optional)

1. Using 1 piece of watercolor paper, create 5 sections using masking tape. Experiment with using the watercolors in these 5 techniques: dry dots, plastic wrap, toothbrush, gradient and flat wash. Write down a few descriptive words for each technique. 2. Using a text selection of your choice, explore the elements of a plot and story arc. Then, have students select a few descriptive words for each section. 3. Create a painting that tells a story through textures, creating a clear story arc/plot. Add the text as an accompanying artist statement. Extension: Create a piece of visual poetry using the 5 layered techniques and then write a haiku that describes each texture.

Review the artist statements for technique & plot.

VA:Cr3.1: Elaborate visual information by adding details and making choices. VA:Cr2.1, VA:Cr1.1

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences

How can we read and write a text? How do artists use texture to tell a story?

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Absorption Collage

MS-PS4-2. Develop and use a model to describethat waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted

How is watercolor absorbed?

VA:Cr1.2.6a Formulate an artistic investigation for of personally relevant content for creating art

Absorption, rates, measure, texture, collage

Watercolor PaperWatercolorsComputer paperPaper TowelFacial TissuePaper/Pencils for observationsGlue/Tape

Checklist for absorption test and collage

1. Create a texture board. On a piece of cardboard, attach a piece of each: watercolor paper, computer paper, paper towel, facial tissue. 2. Add watercolors to each of the textures on the board. Record the rate of absorption for each color added. Variables can be added, including adding more or less water to the watercolors. 3. Explore how some artists use mixed media to create collages. Review several collages as examples. 4. Create a texture-based collage using a selection of materials. Use the rates of absorption to make a decision on which textures to include in the collage.

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Watercolor Data

How can we show and interpret data?

Data presentation w/ art

VA:Pr6.1.IIa: Make, explain, and justify connections between artwork and social, political, cultural history

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.A.1: Represent data with plots on the real number line

1. Explore the work of artist Jill Pelto https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-09/watercolor-nah-look-closer-its-climate-change-graph Discuss how she uses data to create visual art. 2. Study the use of analogous and complementary colors in Pelto's work, as well as other visual graph representations. Which kinds of colors would you use and why? 3. Students can select a data set on a current topic (ie: climate change) and create a sketch overtop of the data set on watercolor paper that would turn the data into a piece of artwork. 4. Using either analogous or complementary colors, add watercolor to the work to enhance the artwork and to best demonstrate their interpretation of the data.

Plot, data, number line, graph, representation, analogous and complementary colors

Watercolor PaperWatercolorsPaper/Pencils/AdhesivesPaint brushesVarious data setsComputers/InternetStory: https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-09/watercolor-nah-look-closer-its-climate-change-graph

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Watercolor Illusion with Oil Pastels

45 minutes 9-11

Watercolor EffectCartographyGrecian UrnOil Pastel

White paperOil PastelsResearch: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698901001055Computer/InternetCartography article: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-28898-8_19Examples of old maps

How do artists use optical illusions?

Checklist for a watercolor illusion map

1. Review the research on the Watercolor Illusion here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698901001055 2. Experiment by creating several different lines in a dark color and then flanking it with a slightly darker color on a white piece of paper. Does it make it look like the inside between the lines makes a different color? Use different lines, spaces and background colors to vary the experiment. 3. Explore a variety of old maps and cartography that used purple and orange to delineate geographical areas. Create your own map using this technique.

HS-LS1-3.Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechnisms maintain homeostasis.

VA:Cr1.2.Ia: Shape an artistic investigation using a contemporary practice of art.

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