Lesson Plan Submitted by Lisa Hester
Elementary Art Teacher at Eupora High School. (USA)
Grades: 1 - 5th grade
Materials:
Procedure:
Have students outline several objects such as glue bottles, large paint brushes, scissors, etc. Students add a few details to each object such as labels, handles, etc. Then they are to draw two vertical lines and two horizontal lines across the page - dividing up the tools as well. This will divide the paper into 9 sections. (The lines can be curved or straight - skew or parallel - child decides). Now students pick cool colors (blue, green, and purple) and color the tools, being careful to change colors every time they come to a line. Students may also use different values of the cool colors.
An alternative is to use warm colors if you want your students to learn those too. Students might create one picture using cool colors and the other using warm colors. They then mount both pictures on one 12"x18" (30.5 x 46 cm) piece of colored Construction Paper
. Both pictures should relate in some way. For example, if you are using scissors, you could use two different kinds of scissors.
