Art Lessons - Landscapes and Reflections
<p>Six art lessons to teach children about reflections and landscapes. It was planned and delivered to a mixed Year 3 and 4 class but could be adapted for older or younger children.</p>
<p>Children explore different media to create reflections linked to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as well as studying some of Vincent Van Gogh’s work involving reflections.</p>
<p>Objectives:</p>
<ul>
<li>Learn to mix/blend colours to create reflections.</li>
<li>Understand how objects would reflect onto other surfaces (particularly liquid).</li>
<li>Gain a greater understanding of landscape pictures and how different objects are perceived.</li>
<li>Experiment with different media when creating reflections.</li>
</ul>
<p>Session 1:</p>
<ul>
<li>Children learn about Vincent Van Gogh and his style of painting.</li>
<li>Children experiment doing a painting in the style of Van Gogh (starry night over the Rhone).</li>
<li>Children explore using paint to create a Van Gogh picture.</li>
</ul>
<p>Session 2:</p>
<ul>
<li>Children learn how to draw landscapes and different objects to scale depending on where it is.</li>
<li>Children experiment and draw different landscapes.</li>
</ul>
<p>Session 3:</p>
<ul>
<li>Children use what they have learnt about landscapes and reflection to create a landscape picture of the chocolate room in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.</li>
<li>Learn how to use water colour to make effective reflections.</li>
</ul>
<p>Session 4:</p>
<ul>
<li>Children experiment with chalk to see how it can create reflections through the smudging technique.</li>
<li>Children use what they have learnt to create a picture of the boat on the chocolate river in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.</li>
</ul>
<p>Session 5:</p>
<ul>
<li>Children experiment with pastel to see how it can create reflections and practice blending one colour on top of another.</li>
<li>Children use what they have learnt to create a picture of the inventing room in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.</li>
</ul>
<p>Session 6:</p>
<ul>
<li>Children can choose what media they would like to use based on the previous lessons.</li>
<li>Children use what they have learnt about landscapes and reflections to create a picture of the factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.</li>
</ul>