Loaded Brush Sunflowers
BASIC LEVEL – FIRST GRADE
HELEN WINDHORST
Visual Arts Standard 1
Media, Tools and Techniques
Understanding and Applying Media
Techniques and Processes
BENCHMARK:
1. The student explores a variety of art
media, techniques, and processes.
3. The student experiments with various
media, techniques, and processes to
develop manipulative skills.
MEDIA: tempera paint
FOCUS:
Students use the loaded brush
technique to randomly place sunflowers on
the page.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Students create a radial pattern with
the repetitive use of a loaded brush
2. Students continue patterns by
placing the sunflowers in a random
pattern.
3. Student uses paint and brush
correctly with confidence.
ASSESSMENT:
Grading Rubric:
4 Consistently achieves above the standard:
You met the objectives and
understood the concept(s)
thoroughly and completely and
included significant and accurate
details. You used prior knowledge
to help you. You related your work
to class discussions. Technically
correct and used prior skills and
creative experimentation.
3 Consistently achieves the standard:
You met the objectives and
understood the concept(s) without
elaboration. Your work shows that
you understood what is important.
You related your work to class
discussion.
Neat, technically correct with little or
no experimentation.
2 Approaching standard:
You met the objective and
understood the concepts. There is
missing information. You did not
relate your work to your prior
knowledge or information shared in
class.
Average craftsmanship. Neatness
was not a priority.
1 Beginning:
Your work shows that you did not
meet the objectives nor understood
the concept(s) of this lesson. You
did not relate your work to your prior
knowledge or information shared in
class.
Some attempt at using your skill and
keeping your work neat.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES:
8½ X 8½ assorted colored construction
paper, watercolor brush,
yellow, brown, green tempera paper plate
and paper towels.
silk sunflowers, cut sunflowers, van Gogh’s
and Monet’s sunflowers, calendar sunflower
pictures, the Kansas state symbols
VOCABULARY:
two color loaded brush, repeat, radial
random pattern, odd, sunflower, petals,
center, leaves
ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES:
Color, symmetry, space
PROCEDURE:
1. Art teacher demonstrates the
correct use of the loaded brush
technique and the production of a
random pattern on an 8½ x 8½
colored construction paper.
2. At each table place a paper plate
with one puddle of yellow and one
puddle of brown tempera
3. Each student is given one
watercolor brush.
4. Place one side of the brush in
yellow tempera. Lift.
5. Dip just the tip in brown tempera.
6. Press onto construction paper.
7. Repeat process in a circle with the
brown tips coming together in the
middle.
8. Students are given time to create
and produce a random pattern of
sunflowers. If they finish and fill
most of the page they are given
green tempera to add some leaves
to their flowers to complete the
pattern. (I prefer no stems.)
TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS:
TEACHER NOTES AND REFLECTIONS: