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UNIT PLAN

Course: Painting

Acrylic Color Painting

Medium: Acrylic
Duration: 6 days

Kansas State Standard VA:Cr2.1.II

Materials

Standard: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence demonstrate


acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Sketchbooks
HB Pencils
8x10 Canvas Board (Previous Assign.)
16x20 Canvas (Previous Assign.)
Acrylic Brushes
Acrylic Paint (Various)

Objectives
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Students will review color mixing and tones by creating a color tone scale.

Students will use their knowledge of color schemes to create a color pallet
for their painting.

Elements of Art

Students will use their color mixing skills to create a color wash for their
monochromatic still life painting.

Value, Form, Space

Art Production
Day 1 45minutes
Demonstrate: PPT
Guided Practice: Tone Scale w/ Grey
Using one color of your choice create a tone scale.
On the left of your canvas board paint a swatch of the color.
On the right paint a swatch of mid-tone gray.
Combine the two (color + gray) evenly to make a mid-tone.
Finish your value scale by creating three different levels of tone on
each side of this mid-tone.
Guided Practice: Intensity Scale w/ Compliment
Using two complimentary colors create an intensity scale.
On the left of your canvas board paint a swatch of on compliment.
On the right paint a swatch of the opposing compliment.
Combine the two evenly to make a mid-tone neutral.
Finish your value scale by creating three different levels of intensity for
each color. (Ex. Gradually add a little more blue to the mid-tone to
increase its intensity to the left. Gradually add more orange to the
mid-tone to increase its intensity to the right.
Day 2 45minutes
Demonstrate: Color Wash (videos)
Show students how to create a color for their still life painting. Using
ample amounts of water thin the acrylic to create a sort of watercolor.
Guided Practice: Small Canvas Board
Create a color wash for your sphere using the techniques shown.
Day 2 45minutes
Independent Practice:
Create a color wash for each of your forms in the still life.
Be sure to pay attention to the difference in shading for the objects and
Acrylic Color Painting

Principles of Design
Contrast, Harmony

Vocabulary
Value: the lightness or darkens of a tone
or color.
Tint: any color + white, highlights
Shade: any color + black, shadows
Tone: any color + gray
Intensity: The brightness or dullness of
any color. Any color + its compliment
Chromatic Black: a black made of a
chroma or color rather than containing
any specific black pigment.

Art History/Resources
Pablo Picasso, The Kiss, 1969
Acrylic w/ Oil Wash:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2c
vCzjGNJU
Dutch Pomegranates:

how that affects your color. Ex. A shiny object might need some parts
to remain white to create the stark highlight needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdsi
wCi6u40

Day 3-6 45+45+45+90minutes


Independent Practice:
Create a color wash for each of your forms in the still life.
Add back in extra highlights or shadows where needed to complete
the still lifes forms.
DAY 4 Verbal Critique: Discuss and critique in progress still life as a
class. (Last 15 minutes)
DAY 6 Verbal Critique: Discuss and critique finished still life as a
class. (Last 15 minutes)

Glazed Grapes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33_
OjNxC15k

Modifications/Notes
Provide detailed videos via Google
Classroom/Website for reference.

Written Critique: Answer these questions in a Google Doc, use


complete sentences:
1. What part of your painting do you think was most successful?
Why?
2. What did you find most challenging in this painting? Why and
how did you overcome it
3. If you could change one thing about your painting what would it
be and why?

Aesthetic Questions
-Do you find that some either highlights or shadows are more difficult for you?
-How did the undertone of the painting affect the colors mood of the final
colored painting?

Art Criticism/Analysis Questions

-Do your projects clearly demonstrate illusion of form on a 2D plane?


-What would you do differently in your pieces if you were to do it over?

Evaluation Criteria
CONTENT

CREATIVITY

CRAFTSMANSHIP

Student
demonstrates
understanding of
color, tone, and
intensity in regards
to still life forms.

Student
experimented with
various colors, tones,
and intensities in
their acrylic color
glazing.

Student created clear


and descriptive forms
with obvious
highlight, varied
mid-tones, and
shadows.

Student included all


required objects and
concepts outlined in
each assignment.

Student created a
distinct and
interesting forms
with the use of color
and value.

Student used smooth


even brushstrokes to
create a smoothly
glazed color on their
still life.

COMPLETION:
Student completed
each step of the
project within
designated class
periods.
Student completed
all assigned tasks for
this project including
verbal and written
crtiques.
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TOTAL: __ / 20 pts.
COMMENTS:

Acrylic Color Painting

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