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Elementary [1st-5th] Lesson Plan

Landscape TXTING

Created on February 27, 2013 by MsAlkire



Creating a landscape, but with a whole new spin! Students use colored words/text to fill in the spaces of their landscape.


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THE PLAN
3 sessions; 45 minutes per session

Students will be able to create a landscape with foreground, middle ground, and background.

Students will use text as an element in their artwork.

Students will create a feeling/mood within their artwork.

1. 12x18 white paper
2. Pencil
3. Eraser
4. Colored Markers
5. Dictionary

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Session 1
1. Discuss with students the term landscape, what is included in a landscape and how landscapes can show emotion/mood. Show some examples of landscapes from various artists. Discuss also foreground, middle ground and background.
2. Have students create their foreground by drawing a tall tree or plant of some kind with their foreground line. (with a pencil)
3. Students add a middle ground of hills, mountains or other various landforms.
4. Students add a background by adding weather behind the middle ground ex: a sunrise/set, thunderstorms, clouds, snowstorm, tornado etc.. (I spoke with my students about how art can tell the viewer our mood and weather plays an important part in this, sun skies = happy, joyful while stormy skies can sad or gloomy)
Session 2
5. In each space students can now fill with words that describe the space in an appropriate color, for example if working with the tree students can use words like: branches, roots, twigs, bark, trunk etc... and use a brown marker or if creating grass students can be clever and write: "the green grass grows all around all around..." while using a green marker(students will not likely finish in this session)
Session 3
6. Fill the entire page with text leaving no gaps or large spaces until finished.

Students will fill out an exit slip with the following question:

Art changes the way we see things. How does creating a landscape with mood challenge us to connect with the viewer?

Feel free to contact me with questions or comments on this resource!

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THE FEATURES
Paul Cézanne

Variety, Rhythm/Pattern, Line, Emphasis, Color/Value

Marker, Drawing

English/Language Arts