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Explore a variety of painting techniques
I can use tints, shades and a variety of paintbrush techniques to achieve different effects.
Lesson 3 of 6
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- Year 4
Explore a variety of painting techniques
I can use tints, shades and a variety of paintbrush techniques to achieve different effects.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Artists can create tints and shades that they see within a landscape.
- Tints are made by adding white to a hue of colour, while shades are achieved by adding black.
- Paintbrushes can be used to create many different effects, including blending, dry-brush and wet on wet.
Keywords
Tint - created by adding white to the original hue of colour
Shade - created by adding black to the original hue of colour
Effect - a result produced by using materials in different ways
Common misconception
A paintbrush can only be used for one effect.
Remind children that a paintbrush can be used to create many different effects, such as dry-brush and wet on wet.
For Task A, pupils can choose to explore thier landscape in a variety of ways in their sketchbook. Encourage pupils to explore different ways of presenting their experiments, such as tearing their landscape to find segments of colour, or centralising their image to create work around.
Teacher tip
Equipment
watercolour paints, paintbrushes, waterpots, images of local landscapes
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words to their definitions.
Match the words to their definitions.
Q2.What's the best definition of a landscape?
What's the best definition of a landscape?
A view of a scene
A person's face
Q3.What do artists analyse to better understand an image?
What do artists analyse to better understand an image?
Q4.True or False? Artists use only geometric shapes in their artwork.
True or False? Artists use only geometric shapes in their artwork.
True
Q5.What type of shape has straight lines and angles?
What type of shape has straight lines and angles?
Organic
Abstract
Freeform
Q6.Name one way artists might improve composition when analysing a landscape.
Name one way artists might improve composition when analysing a landscape.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tints are created by adding to the original hue of colour.
Tints are created by adding to the original hue of colour.
Q2.What is a shade?
What is a shade?
Adding white to a colour
Mixing two colours together
Q3.Match the term to its definition:
Match the term to its definition:
Q4.True or False? Artists can create tints by adding grey to a hue of colour.
True or False? Artists can create tints by adding grey to a hue of colour.
True
Q5.When using a paintbrush, rolling it can create a edge.
When using a paintbrush, rolling it can create a edge.
Q6.Which technique uses wet paint on wet paint?
Which technique uses wet paint on wet paint?
Dry-brush
Layering
