Key Stage Two : Art and Design : Reflections
This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and emulate techniques used by significant artists working in paint to create impressions of reflections seen in different bodies of water. The class can practise using water washes to develop the shape and colour of a reflection seen in a river or lake.
Explore and emulate techniques used by significant artists working in paint to create impressions of reflections seen in different bodies of water
Lesson One : River Paintings
Explore how artists use a range of colours to suggest different times of the day in paintings
Lesson Two : Water Reflections
Practise different ways of representing reflections that might be seen in water using paint
Lesson Three : Water Washes
Explore and implement techniques that can be utilised when painting reflections of objects in water
Lesson Four : River Sketch
Select views and record images when sketching as preparation for creating a painting of the scene
Lesson Five : River View
Create a painting of a river view using different techniques to illustrate water reflections
Lesson Six : Painting Changes
Discuss and evaluate a painting of a river scene that includes water reflections of things seen on the riverbank
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