1/9/15

Mrs. Gandara wanted to give an art lesson today that was purely focused on art fundamentals.  We dove into color theory and shading techniques by looking at the work of pop artist Wayne Thiebaud.  I introduced the students to the basic color wheel and other types of color wheels they might encounter in their daily life.  We talked about different types of color and focused on complimentary colors for purpose of understanding how to create different shades.  Rather than just adding black I taught them how to mix complimentary colors to create an accurate shade.

We also talked about tints and how to make a color appear lighter using watercolors.  

After talking about color theory, I showed them some of Wayne Thiebaud's paintings.

I had the students spend some time looking at his work and observing the variety of color.  I went over shading and pointed out how he utilized some of the techniques we talked about in class.  

For their assignment they were asked to paint their favorite dessert with watercolors.  I asked them to use tints and shades to create dimension in the work.  I wish I was a little more specific on the shading aspect of the lesson.  I didn't do a demonstration with the different types of shadows and I think that would have been helpful for them.  Also, Jayme recommended that I structure the lesson so that I demonstrate the concepts in segments and have the students practice it right after rather than showing them stuff all at once and then letting them free.  I'm going to try that next time.  

Here are the paintings.  I was really impressed with some of their use of color!

Here's my lesson plan:

Wayne Thiebaud Lesson

Name of Art Scholar: Rachel Jackson          

Name of Teacher: Jayme Gandara

Subject Concepts		Art Concepts
Content Covered:		Content Covered: Color theory and Shading
State Standards & Objectives (USOE/UEN):		State Standards & Objectives (USOE/UEN): Standard 1 objective 1 Use value, color, and texture to create interest.  Standard 1 Objective 2 Clean and store art materials and equipment in a way that extends their life and usability.  Standard 2 Objective 1 Identify evidence of depth, shadow, color, and mood in artwork.  Standard 2 Objective 2 b. Portray a consistent light side closest to the light source and dark side opposite the source of light in artwork.  Alter the intensity of any color by adding gray to it.
		Learning Outcomes:      The student will be able to… recognize primary, secondary, tertiary, and complimentary colors on a color wheel.  recognize multiple types of color wheels distinguish between warm and cool colors.  use watercolor paints and care for the supplies properly identify and create tints and shadows of a hue.  identify the light source, highlights, core shadows and cast shadows of an object.
Lesson Plan
Objectives: The students will learn about color theory and shading.  They apply what they’ve learned by observing artworks by Wayne Theibaud and creating their own dessert paintings that include tints and shades of at least one hue. Assessment: Students will turn in a watercolor painting that demonstrates ability to mix a tint and shade to create a sense of dimension of an object.
Materials Needed: watercolor paint brushes paper towel cups paper Vocab: tint shade hue color wheel primary color secondary color tertiary color warm color cool color high light light source core shadow cast shadow	Lesson Sequence: Introduce the color wheel explain alternate types of color wheels. (5 minutes) Go over different types of color (5 minutes) Have students do American flag optical illusion activity (5 minutes) Go over tints and shades and demonstrate with watercolor (10 minutes) Have students practice creating a tint and shade out of one hue.  (15 minutes) Show Wayne Theibaud’s work (10 minutes) -Have student’s point out the variety colors that they see.  (especially arbitrary ones) -Point out tints and shades that can be seen in his paintings. Go over basic shading techniques.  Show images of sphere, cone, cube etc.  and identify the light source, highlight, core shadow and cast shadows. (5 minutes) Demonstrate how to paint highlights, core shadows, and cast shadows using watercolor.  (5 minutes) Have students practice painting types of shadows.  (15 minutes) Give students a new paper to paint their favorite dessert and remind them to practice using tints and shades to paint shadows.  (30 minutes)

Visit: http://www.uen.org/core/ to find UEN/USOE standards.