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Dooley - Grade 3-4 - Animal Silhouettes 1
Dooley - Grade 3-4 - Animal Silhouettes 1
Dooley - Grade 3-4 - Animal Silhouettes 1
Central Focus: Using the influence of silhouette photography, students will create an animal
inspired silhouette piece, breaking down complex forms into simple shapes and a background
that incorporates warm colors, cool colors or a combination or both.
Reflect, Refine, Continue: VA:Cr3.1.2 Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in
creating artwork.
● In this lesson, students will meet this standard by writing about their artwork and
describing their process to their peers.
CONNECTING: Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal
experiences to make art
Interpret: VA:Cn10.1.3 Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings.
● In this lesson, students will meet this standard by creating a background for their
silhouette based on their background knowledge of certain landscapes.
Objective I:
Given an introductory presentation about breaking down complex VA:Cr1.1.4
animal forms into simple shapes, images of various animals, cut up
shapes, construction paper, and a pencil, students create two animal
sketches using simple shapes.
Objective II: VA:Cr1.1.4
Given a presentation about animal silhouettes, images of various
types of animals pencils, and sharpies, students will create a farm,
arctic, underwater, or african silhouette drawing.
Objective III:
Given warm and cool watercolors, paint brushes and water cups, VA:Cr2.3.4
students will create a background for their silhouette drawing.
Vocabulary:
● Day One
○ Emphasis: an area or object within the artwork that draws attention and becomes
a focal point.
○ Shapes: A shape is the form of an object or its external boundary, outline, or
external surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, texture or material
composition.
○ Silhouette: a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object
○ Simple: composed of a single element; not compound.
● Day Two
○ Composition: placement or arrangement of visual elements or 'ingredients' in a
work of art.
○ Contrast: When defining it, art experts refer to the arrangement of opposite
elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes,
etc.) in a piece so as to create visual interest, excitement, and drama.
○ Landscape: A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms
and how they integrate with natural or man-made features.
● Day Three
○ Background: the area or scenery behind the main object of contemplation,
especially when perceived as a framework for it.
○ Blend: merge (a color) with another so that one is not clearly distinguishable from
the other.
○ Color Scheme: the choice of colors used in design for a range of media.
○ Cool Colors: such as blue, green, and purple (violet); evoke a cool feeling
because they remind us of things like water or grass.
○ Horizon: The horizon or skyline is the apparent line that separates earth from sky.
○ Layering: Working in layers is a system for creating artistic paintings that involve
the use of more than one layer of paint.
○ Warm Colors: such as red, yellow, and orange; evoke warmth because they
remind us of things like the sun or fire.
○ Watercolor: a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments
suspended in a water-based solution.
○ Wet on Wet: Applying wet paint to a wet surface.
○ Wet on Dry: Applying wet paint to a dry surface.
In-Class Activities:
Tim Learning Activities Purpose
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ay 2: Guided Practice/Feedback:
D Students will be given
As students are working, walk around and provide the opportunity to ask
feedback and support. questions and work
one on one with the
teacher.
Use of Tools All lines are straight Most lines are Some lines are Lines are not
and parallel straight and parallel straight and parallel straight or parallel
Craftsmanship Final piece is Final piece is Final piece is Final piece is not
complete and complete and somewhat complete complete and does
reflects exceptional reflects care and reflects care not reflect care
care
Participation Effective use of Class time used Class time used Class time wasted
class time, well, and work somewhat well and and rarely helps
participation, and space kept clean. sometimes helps to clean up.
cooperative clean clean up.
up.
Originality Project reflects Project somewhat Project reflects Project does not
personal interests reflects personal personal interests, reflect personal
and is completely interests and is but is not original. interests, and is not
original. somewhat original. original.
Day 1 PowerPoint
Day 1 Animal Worksheets
Day 2 Silhouette Powerpoint
Underwater
Arctic
.
Farm
African
Day 3 Word Search for Early Finishers
Silhouette Word Search
H K G Y H B T U V K I G H K B G I U W S
R F G S I L H O U E T T E W J N M K A E
F C V B U E G J I K L K D C O Y U I X P
C D S F Y N y C D E M P H A S I S X R Y
O N M D S D W G J U T D C V J E W A E C
C I Y N F R E X G S H A P E S K J C S U
O S V H U K J D F V Y T R W G L K C I U
N X C W E T O N W E T R F K W I B M S X
T R H S C B T E H K L O T C E H J K T N
R R G H J C G Y K I T S C J T J B L K N
A E X H B U K L C V S Z X U O G L I O L
S H U W A T E R C O L O R J N D A W G J
T E U K C S B J V D W U K F D H Y K I B
E R G J K I O B F C P D S U R G E I J C
B E S U G J F A X C Y J I B Y N R O L D
S C U J R J G J U J K S W F H J I Y V B
Y D S R O I L P A S T E L D H J N W X B
H W Q H U C G Y K I T S C H J K G D S J
H T V J N C V S Z U K J D F V Y T R W G
U U I U D V H U K J D F V Y T R I J D S
SILHOUETTE, WATERCOLOR, SHAPES, BLEND, BACKGROUND, WAX RESIST,
LAYERING, CONTRAST, WET ON WET, WET ON DRY, OIL PASTEL
Silhouette Word Search
H K G Y H B T U V K I G H K B G I U W S
R F G S I L H O U E T T E W J N M K A E
F C V B U E G J I K L K D C O Y U I X P
C D S F Y N y C D E M P H A S I S X R Y
O N M D S D W G J U T D C V J E W A E C
C I Y N F R E X G S H A P E S K J C S U
O S V H U K J D F V Y T R W G L K C I U
N X C W E T O N W E T R F K W I B M S X
T R H S C B T E H K L O T C E H J K T N
R R G H J C G Y K I T S C J T J B L K N
A E X H B U K L C V S Z X U O G L I O L
S H U W A T E R C O L O R J N D A W G J
T E U K C S B J V D W U K F D H Y K I B
E R G J K I O B F C P D S U R G E I J C
B E S U G J F A X C Y J I B Y N R O L D
S C U J R J G J U J K S W F H J I Y V B
Y D S R O I L P A S T E L D H J N W X B
H W Q H U C G Y K I T S C H J K G D S J
H T V J N C V S Z U K J D F V Y T R W G
U U I U D V H U K J D F V Y T R I J D S
SILHOUETTE, WATERCOLOR, SHAPES, BLEND, BACKGROUND, WAX RESIST,
LAYERING, CONTRAST, WET ON WET, WET ON DRY, OIL PASTEL
Examples of Final Pieces