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  Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 Unit: Renaissance Project: Fresco Featured Artist: Michelangelo Objectives: 1. Identify different fresco paintings. 2. Create a drawing for a fresco painting. 3. Recognize works in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo. 4. Evaluate the use of tools and techniques. Materials Provided: • Plaster of Paris • 8x8 Pie pans • Pattern worksheet • Paint brushes • Cups for water and plaster • Stirring sticks • Dixie cups for watercolor paint • Watercolor paints • Wooden Skewers Materials Needed: • Water • Bucket • Newspaper to cover the table Vocabulary: 1. Plaster: type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrates. 2. Fresco: technique consists of painting in pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh plaster. 3. Michelangelo: an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. 4. Sistine Chapel: the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City whose decoration has been frescoed throughout by the greatest Renaissance artists. 5. Renaissance: a cultural movement that encompassed a revival of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform Motivation: 1. Show and discuss examples of Sistine Chapel Frescos. 2. Demonstrate all steps of procedure before students begin. 3. Show students the finished product. Instruction:  1. Add one cup of water to the pie pan then add two cups of plaster to the water in the
pan. Stir plaster mixture with thick stirring stick until all lumps are completely gone. 2. Lightly tap the pan on a table or desk to make the plaster
even for a flat surface to create the fresco. Set the plaster in the
pie pan aside and allow a drying time of 15 minutes (Do not
touch during this time). 3. During the 15 minutes of drying
time draw and color a picture of
your choice inside the box on the worksheet. The larger the
color, sections the easier it will be to create a clean painted
fresco (small details will be difficult to create with a skewer).4. Use the pointy end of the wooden skewer stick and draw your sketch into the almost dry plaster (Do not let plaster dry completely).  5. Use the small Dixie cups
to mix liquid watercolors
and water together. Fill the
clear cups with water to
clean out brushes between
changing to different colors.6. Finish your fresco by painting in color that matches thee design from your drawing. Make sure to rinse out the brush in-between colors! 
7. Once plaster has been painted let dry for an additional
60 minutes then remove plaster from pan and witness
completed fresco.Evaluation: 1. Use blank worksheet to design drawing? 2. Use correct techniques for stirring/drying of fresco? 3. Evaluate completed work? |
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