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Selecting a Palette

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Title:

Selecting a Palette

URL:

http://artsedwashington.org/curriculum/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Second-Grade-Lesson-7.pdf

Content Source:

Other
ArtsEd Washington

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Students will compare and contrast colors in paintings. They will create two paintings - one with a broad palette (12+ colors) and one with a narrow palette (4 or fewer colors). Assessment rubric, letter to parents, examples of artwork, and lesson plan included in PDF.

Content Standard(s):

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 2
Visual Arts

2) Explore personal interests and curiosities with a range of art materials.

a. Create two-dimensional art.

Examples: Paper-weaving, drawing, and resist painting.

Use book about weaving, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L. Blood & Martin Link.

b. Create three-dimensional art.

Examples: Clay animals and pipe cleaner sculptures.

Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor.

Unpacked Content

Artistic Process: Creating

Anchor Standards:

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Process Components: Investigate, Plan, Make

Essential Questions:

EU: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.
EQ: How does knowing the contexts, histories, and traditions of art forms help create works of art and design? Why do artists follow or break from established traditions? How do artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations?

Concepts & Vocabulary:

Principles of design

Balance

Brainstorming
Composition
Concepts
Characteristic
Elements of art

Space
Value

Expressive properties
Foreground
Middle ground
Neutral colors
Resist

Skill Examples:

Create two-dimensional artworks such as drawing or painting by using a variety of media.
Use the book, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L.
Use clay or pipe cleaners to create small animal sculptures.
Work in groups to brainstorm ideas for a collaborative art project.
Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor to study Native Americans and their traditions.
Use the book A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle to explore collage techniques.
Create a real or imagined home using two-and-three-dimensional media.
Learn how to properly use and store brushes, close glue bottles and marker tops.
Use found objects such as leaves, rocks, paper tubes, egg cartons, etc.
Use the book A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch to explore different colors and values.
Create a landscape showing depth by placing the foreground, middle ground and background in their correct positions.

Arts Education
ARTS (2017)
Grade: 2
Visual Arts

3) Extend skills by individually following sequential steps to create works of art on subjects that are real or imaginary.

Example: Use the book A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle.
Create a real or imagined home.

Unpacked Content

Artistic Process: Creating

Anchor Standards:

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Process Components: Investigate, Plan, Make

Essential Questions:

EU: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and artmaking approaches.
EQ: How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?

Concepts & Vocabulary:

Principles of design

Balance

Brainstorming
Composition
Concepts
Characteristic
Elements of art

Space
Value

Expressive properties
Foreground
Middle ground
Neutral colors
Resist

Skill Examples:

Create two-dimensional artworks such as drawing or painting by using a variety of media.
Use the book, The Goat in the Rug by Charles L.
Use clay or pipe cleaners to create small animal sculptures.
Work in groups to brainstorm ideas for a collaborative art project.
Use a book about clay, When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor to study Native Americans and their traditions.
Use the book A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle to explore collage techniques.
Create a real or imagined home using two-and-three-dimensional media.
Learn how to properly use and store brushes, close glue bottles and marker tops.
Use found objects such as leaves, rocks, paper tubes, egg cartons, etc.
Use the book A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch to explore different colors and values.
Create a landscape showing depth by placing the foreground, middle ground and background in their correct positions.

Tags:

color, compare, contrast, paint, palette

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Selecting a Palette