ONE OFF LESSON: KS3 Christmas Themed Watercolour Lesson - Colour Theory

An ideal final term lesson, suitable for Year 7, learning about basic skills. This resource is a PowerPoint document with everything you need for a one hour lesson.

This lesson will enable students to develop their skills and understanding within the topic of colour theory, practise their tool control and develop their work using Christmas images. This lesson could also be developed use students’ own photographs, drawings or could be used as an observational drawing lesson to improve students’ observational skills.

Equipment required:

• Printed worksheets (preferably onto cartridge paper)
• Watercolour paints
• Paint brushes
• Additional images or objects to draw from
• Powerpoint slides
• Sponges and cloths to clean up,

For Extension:

• Printed tags,
• String,
• Hole punch.

This lesson can also be extended to include the making of Christmas tags or cards. I have included a slide with the resource for you to print.

I recommend completing the worksheet yourself before the lesson to practise the techniques in advance of the lesson to produce exemplar outcomes. During this process, you could try each square with watercolour techniques.