Landscape Silhouettes

Central Focus

Students will be introduced to silhouettes the history of silhouettes and how they are used today.  Instead of doing portrait silhouettes students will be creating their own landscape such as (City, Country, and Forrest).    Students will learn different ways of breaking down shapes and transforming into an object.

Lesson Summary and Rational

The summary of the lesson is that students will be creating a landscape using black silhouette technique that will be personal choosing of a cityscape, country, and forests.  Students will be water coloring the back ground and have a point where the sun is rising, setting or middle of the day, while choosing day or night. 

The rational for the lesson is for students to be introduced to the history of making silhouettes and how they apply in art in modern day.  While students are creating the project, students will have to problem solve how to make the shapes of objects and assembling them together in a composition.  Another rational for the lesson is for students to think about the placement of the sun during the day and what color they would want the sky to match the landscape of their silhouette. 

Objectives

·      Students will be introduced to the history of silhouettes

·      Students will be introduced to a modern day artist who uses silhouette techniques

·      Students will problem solve the kind of colors that the time of day they want their silhouette to be, and the placement of the sun during the day.

State Standards

3PR Generate ideas and employ a variety of strategies to solve visual problems.

1PR Identify, select and vary art materials, tools and processes to achieve desired results in their artwork.

Differeated Learning

Advanced Learners

Encourage students to think about other elements of landscapes like middle ground and background to advance their project.

Slow Learning

I will go around to each individual students to help them with any questions including redoing any demonstrations and being aware of students with IEPs.

For Every student, students will get a Lunch Menu to help students plan their own project.

Lunch Menu

Appetizer

Silhouette Landscape

Entre

(Must pick one)

·      City Scape

·      Country side

·      Forests

Side dish

(Pick 1 or 2)

·      Trees

·      Animal

·      Ground

·      Buildings

·      House

Dessert

·      Sunrise

·      During the day

·      Sunset

·      During the day

Materials

·      Watercolor

·      Paper

·      Paint brushes

·      Black paper

·      Scissors

·      Lunch Menu

·      Power Point

Pre-Assessment

·      Ask students if they have heard of a silhouette

Formative Assessment

·      Go around classroom to ask students their plan from their lunch menu

Summative Assessment

·      The final product from students

Procedure

Part 1: Introduction

·      Students will be introduced to the definition of silhouette

·      Students will learn about the artist Cindi Harwood Rose and her modern art

·      Students will see examples of silhouettes for ideas and discuss what elements of art they see in each

Part II: Demonstration

·      Show student examples of different times of the day with different landscapes

·      Gather students around one of the tables and go over water color techniques

o   Show students how to add water to make color lighter

o   Show students if they want more color add more paint

§  Tricks to spreading watercolor

·      Spreading water on paper then painting

·      (I will also walk around with a squirt bottle to help students out.)

§  Tell students about adding salt and what salt does to water color once the water color dries

o   Show students where the sun/moon should be placed on painting

§  Tell students to try to plan their silhouettes around the sun or moon

§  Remind students blending of water colors to look realistic

o   Explain to students it’s an option to add a middle ground to add more detail to silhouettes

Part III: Silhouette demonstration

·      Tell students to think about what shapes make an object

·      Tell students to use light pencil when cutting out shapes

·      Think about Composition

Part IV: Planning

·      Before students start hand out lunch menus with scrap paper

·      Lunch Menu and scrap paper must be approved my teacher

        

Chalk Board Display




Student Examples