Bachelor of Education in Art & Design

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Lesson Plan – November exams last week*
Lesson Title: preparing for finished still life painting Lesson No.4 Group: 5th Year
Date: 22/11/22 No. of Students: 23

Image – sample of work created in previous lesson Image – sample of artist reference relevant to lesson

Learning Intentions Assessment

Students will be able to:
1. Students add coloured paper/ newspaper scraps
to A3 paper in preparation for mixed media piece
2. Students experiment with creating tone &
texture using their chosen medium in their
sketchbook, prompted by an instructional
handout
Success Criteria:
1. Students will add scraps of either coloured card
or newspaper (depending on their choice of
second medium) to an A3 sheet in preparation
for their final still life piece
2. Students experiment with creating tone and
texture using their chosen medium in their
sketchbooks, focusing on testing out techniques
from handout

Differentiation Strategies:
- Some students have yet to complete their zoomed in mixed media drawings in their sketchbook. These
students will be given 15 mins at the beginning of class to do this, while those who are finished move on to
todays task
- Those who are ready to move on at the beginning of class, will be given an experimenting exercise with the
second medium they have chosen in their sketchbook. They will be tasked with showing examples of tone &
texture made using their medium (students given specific handouts on how to achieve tone & texture in their
preferred medium)
Literacy and numeracy: Resources:
- Students must complete sketchbook work in Handouts on achieving tone & texture in chosen medium
specified time (timer put on computer to alert Example of an under-sketch to show students
them when time is up)
Organization of the room Materials and Cleaning:
N/A – room stays as is - A3 paper
- Coloured card/ newspaper scraps
- PVA glue
- Oil pastels
- Watercolour
- Charcoal
- Pen
- Drawing pencils
- Paintbrushes
Time Teacher Activity Student Activity
15 - Lesson Introduction: - Students still on sketchbook drawings get
20 - Handout sketchbooks to students who materials (watercolours, charcoal, oil pastels,
mins haven’t finished zoomed in section etc)
drawings. - Students moving on to under-sketch get PVA
- Show example of under-sketch to glue ready to stick down coloured paper/
students who are ready to move on newsprint scraps down on A3 page
What questions will you ask?
25- Development of lesson: - Students who had been working on sketchbooks
30 - Move students working in sketchbooks at beginning of class move on to preparing their
mins on to preparing their paper for their still A3 paper for their still life (sticking down
life. coloured paper/ newsprint scraps)
- Question students on the second - Other students complete some tone & texture
medium they are choosing for their still exercises in their chosen medium while waiting
life for the PVA glue to dry on their paper – this
- Handout visuals to students on how to exercise is prompted by a handout
create tone and texture in their chosen What questions will you ask?
medium. 1. How can we build up this medium without is
looking muddy? Is it a light or heavy medium?
2. How would you describe the texture of the
objects in your reference image? Smooth,
rough, sharp, jagged? Is there lots of areas of
texture or little?
3. How could we go about recreating this texture?
15 - Lesson Conclusion: - Depending on whether PVA glue has dried,
20 - Depending on whether PVA glue has students may start/ complete their under-sketch
mins dried during class time, some students line drawing
may be able to move on to their under- - Alternatively, students may complete a tonal &
sketch line drawing. If so, show an textural study of their reference image in their
example of what this will look like to chosen medium in their sketchbook.
students What questions will you ask?