Third Grade Lessons

































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Begin by reading the lesson, then gather the materials for the project. Work through the project with the student to achieve the objective.

Each lesson builds on the previous one, so try to present each lesson in order to provide the student with the building blocks for a strong foundation to a comprehensive art education. There is a lesson per week for each grade level.



Third Grade Art Lesson 24

Looking at Reflections, Part 1 Watercolor Painting


Objective:

The student will begin working on a painting about reflections. Each student will watercolor the sky and water first.


Materials:

Watercolor paint, paint brushes, water, 12 x 18 heavy white paper


Procedure:

Have any of you ever spent time looking at the water in a pool, lake or ocean? Have you noticed the reflections of things on the edge of the water? Many artists have been inspired by the water and all that is around it. Look at the examples that are posted to see all of the different ways artists have viewed the water. We are going to paint our own version of water and reflections. To begin with, we must paint the sky and water. We will paint this with watercolor. Remember that when you use watercolor you must have plenty of water on your brush. Also, mix your color in the watercolor pan. Drip lots of water in the pan then start adding the color. Because both the sky and the water are blue, you will need to create variations by mixing the other cool colors (greens and purples). You might also add some red or orange into the blue for your sky if you want a sunset effect. Before you begin painting, fold you paper in half either horizontally or vertically. The line you create will serve as the horizon line. The area above this line will be the sky and below it will be the water. When you brush the color onto the paper, try to let the shades vary as you might actually see in the sky or water. This effect is most easily achieved by adding color to the water without mixing to make one solid color. When you are painting the water, purple is a good color choice to add for the deeper water (the water further from the viewer). Enjoy mixing the cool colors for your sky and water. When you have painted the entire paper put it in a safe place to dry. We will work on the rest of the painting in our next lesson.


Conclusion:

Encourage the students to look for pictures and paintings of water and take particular notice of the type of things on the edge as well as the reflections. Several examples are posted, but encourage the class to look for other examples as well.



Artwork and Examples used in this lesson


Evening at Ushibori

Evening at Itako

“Autumn at Argenteuil”, by Claude Monet

Reflection Example