Pastels: 3-4

Lesson Plan

Morgan Hughes

Drawing

Grade 3-4

Objectives

Create a pastel drawing within a square plain

Observe and identify present environment outside from inside the classroom

Draw and understand negative and positive space

Learn to and apply composition and layer colors using pastels

Review primary colors and introduce mixing pastels to create secondary colors

Vocabulary/Key Words

Negative space, positive space, and composition  

Materials

8.5”x11” construction paper, pastels, red, blue, yellow pastels classroom window with nature accessible

Motivation 

Hold up a small tree branch with leaves      

    What is the positive space here?

                What would be considered the negative space?

                What shapes does the positive space (tree branch etc.) make?

What do you see outside?

What colors are there?

Where is the negative space?

Where is the positive space?           

Presentation of Content

Teacher will explain:

                How can you get various colors using only red, blue and yellow?

                Take paper and pastels demonstrate and explain:

                Mix red with blue

                What color will I get?

                Mix blue with yellow

                What color will be I create?

                Mix yellow and red

                Now what color will be created?

                What happens when I mix all 3 colors?

Choose a section of the view outside the window 

Within the picture plain begin to draw the negative space to create your positive image and use only 3 colors to create other colors.

 Assessment and Evaluation

Teacher will:

Walk around room holding up examples and pointing out various colors

Hold up work and point out unique compositions

Walk around room holding examples of work that shows use of negative and positive space well

Make certain all directions are being followed

Possible Extensions

To venture outside with square picture plains using ideas about composition and color

NYC Strands of Arts Learning:

I.  Arts Making

II.  Literacy in the Visual Arts

III.  Making Connections

V.  Careers and Lifelong learning