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  Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 Unit: Impressionism Project: Sponge Painting Featured Artist: Claude Monet Objectives: 1. Identify different Impressionism paintings. 2. Use color to create a plein air painting. 3. Recognize works by Claude Monet. 4. Evaluate the use of technique and color. Materials Provided: • Paper • Sticky tack • Sponge brushes • Paper strips • Paint • Paper plates Materials Needed: • Newspaper to cover the table Vocabulary: 1. Plein air: a French expression which means "in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. 2. Impressionism: a 19th-century art movement whose characteristics include visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on light in its changing qualities Motivation: 1. Show and discuss examples of paintings of Monet. 2. Demonstrate all steps of procedure before students begin. 3. Show students the finished product. Instruction:  1. Pass out a small chunk of sticky tack to each student. Place the two of the longer strips across the page in a straight line and repeat with the remaining two long strips directly under the first line. Place the smaller strips vertically between the two rows of strips of paper to create a fence shape. 2. Once the entire fence is laid out take very small round pieces of sticky tack and adhere them to both ends of each
strip of paper. Attach all strips of paper to the large piece of paper. 3. Place two small amounts of paint on two paper plates for students to use; the first plate should contain yellow and green while the second plate should contain blue and white. Use the sponge brushes to begin painting a landscape on the paper. 4. Begin dabbing the sponge brushes into the paint and use the bottom of the brush to create small green circles that cover the lower part of the paper. This will serve as the grass and trees. Try making some spots darker than others. Apply the yellow paint to the grass area to make areas containing highlights. Experiment with adding the yellow to the already green painted paper or adding yellow a small section of green on the plate to create a lighter green color to apply to the paper. 5. Once the desired amount of the paper is covered with grass and trees begin adding the blue and white paint to create a sky background. Experiment with the two colors to figure out what type of sky you would like in your painting; add lots of blue for a dark stormy sky, mix the two for a clear day or add white patches to create clouds. 6. Once the painting is complete make sure the paint is totally dry before removing strips. Carefully peel off each
strip revealing the white unpainted area underneath. 7. Add any remaining detail that you would like to see in your landscape such as flowers, tall grass or birds.Evaluation: 1. Use color and paper strips to create landscape design? 2. Use correct adhesive techniques to produce crisp-edged lines? 3. Evaluate completed work? |
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