Mrs. Van Eck
WCS Art
Grade 8
Lesson Title: Glass Bottles with Colored Pencils
Lesson Link: Students will explore how underlying messages are communicated to the public often by
distorting reality through the use of subtle symbols and color.
State Standards:
25.A.3d Identify and describe the elements of value, perspective and color schemes; the principles of
contrast, emphasis and unity, and the expressive qualities of thematic development and sequence.
27.A.3b Compare and contrast how the arts function in ceremony, technology, politics, communication
and entertainment.
27.B.3 Know and describe how artists and their works shape culture and increase understanding of
societies, past and present.
Objectives:
1. Students will be able to explain and create the size, shape and color of 5 different glass bottles.
2. Students will communicate an idea through the use of hidden symbols and color.
3. Students will express an understanding of different colored pencil techniques: layering,
blending, varying pencil pressure, and be able to develop a picture through the use of these
techniques.
4. Students will demonstrate understanding of the principles of emphasis, balance and unity.
Criteria:
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Successful in communicating the size, shape and color of five glass bottles
Identifies reflection shapes in glass bottles and distorts them to communicate an idea
Successfully uses different colored pencil techniques to develop the picture
Demonstrates an understanding of design principles: emphasis, balance, unity
Teacher Resources:
5 colored glass bottles
DVD by Prismacolor that demonstrates colored pencil techniques
Samples of advertising with hidden messages:
Some examples might be:
Materials:
Pencils
Colored pencils
Blending sticks
10” x14” white sulphite
Introduction: Teacher will discuss how advertising affects our lives and show examples of well know
advertising symbols to see if students can identify them and then recognize the subtle feelings they
create.
Day 1
Class will discuss how different symbols have been used throughout history to communicate ideas.
Students will brainstorm what kind of symbol they might use in their drawing to create a message.
The remaining class time will be used to watch the film on colored pencil techniques.
Day 2
Teacher will set up a display of five colored glass bottles, each one a different size, shape and color.
Class will look at bottles and note the differences they see between them. Teacher will draw attention
to the different shapes of color and reflection within each of the bottles and explain the importance of
incorporating them into the picture to create the illusion of glass. Teacher will explain that the
reflections in at least one of the bottles are to be distorted into the symbol each student has decided to
use. Students will begin drawing the bottles, noting their placement and the differences in size and
shape between them.
Days 3 – 5
Students will continue to develop their drawing by using various colored pencil techniques to create the
reflected colors in the glass bottles. Students will add a background to further communicate the idea
behing the symbols used in the reflections on the bottles.
Day 6
Class critique/ Self grade/written reflection