Stage 1 – Desired Results
Content Standard(s):
PAINTING UNIT – Part 1 Composition and Using Value/Intro to Color Wheel
Create artworks in wet media using the elements and principles of design and a variety of painting materials. This
unit will increase technical skills and critical thinking though an understanding of process, concept, and
application.
Understanding (s)/goals
Students will understand that:
Color wheel knowledge and application are essential to
color harmony
Values in color are achieved by mixing tints, tones and
shades of various colors
Paint application and craft will be explored
Good composition and design will be used throughout
the unit by applying the elements and principles of
design
Essential Question(s):
What makes a good design?
Why is good design important in a composition?
How do the art elements work together to create a
composition?
How does and understanding of color harmony make a
painting more interesting/
Student objectives (outcomes):
Students will be able to:
Design a composition for painting
Understand e the elements and principles given
Exhibit knowledge of color theory and harmony in color application
Use a variety of tints, tones, and shades showing evidence of obtaining a range of complex values/colors
Obtain a sufficient amount of variety throughout the painting
Performance Task(s):
Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence
Other Evidence:
Projects:
1. Create a color wheel in paint
2. Demonstrate mixing tints, tones, shades of
colors to develop color sensitivity
3. Complete a major painting that deals with a
color field composition, using shape,
pattern and the painting process.
Prior design projects,
Value studies in other media
Basic color family knowledge
Compositional understanding and application
Stage 3 – Learning Plan
Learning Activities:
PART 1Painting Unit
Approximately (4)
Weeks
Monday:
Wednesday/Thursday:
Friday:
Tuesday:
Tints/tones/shades
Worksheet
Color Wheel construction
Continued
Continued
Discussion of Paint
Mixing and use of
Materials
throughout the Unit
Week 2
Composition review –
variety , design, use of a
focal point
Begin Major Project
– Color Field
Progress check
on compositional
attributes of the design
Continued
Continued
Week 3
Use of color
combination and mixing Create and continue
tints, tones, shades in
“Color Field Design”
accordance with project
guidelines
Week 4
Completion of Artwork
Articulation of craft
and technique
Continued
Continued
Continued
Three Part
analysis for Major
Grades
Craft/ Paint
Quality/Use of
Value
Design and
Composition
Complexity and
Variation
Continued
Individual critiques and
assessments
DIFFERENTIATION (I-3)
How will I scaffold and/or accelerate learning? For whom? How will I group my students?
SCAFFOLD:
ACCELERATE:
GROUP: