Watercolour water collaboration
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan and prepare for a collaborative artwork.
Key learning points
- Artists can either make work by themselves or work collaboratively with other artists.
- Artists can use their imagination to combine ideas from a range of sources.
- Artists can experiment with a range of painting techniques to create textured papers.
Keywords
Collaboration - working together to make an artwork
Imagination - combining colors, shapes, and patterns from nature, books, and your own experiences
Painting technique - using a variety of tools and methods to apply paint
Common misconception
Artists always make artwork by themselves.
Remind children that artists can choose to work by themselves, but they can also plan and make work collaboratively.
Teacher tip
Encourage children to work on a large scale to fill their large paper with different painting techniques.
Equipment
Watercolour paints, water pots, large briushes, backing paper or lining paper to roll out on tables, bubble wrap, tin foil, salt, tissues.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What do we call the painting technique where an artist uses a crayon to draw on paper and then paint over it with watercolours?
Q2.When artists work together, it is called ...
Q3.What paint colour do we mix to make a colour lighter?
Q4.Which painting technique is shown here?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What do we call the different ways artists use paint to create their artwork?
Q2.When artists work together, it is called collaboration.
Q3.When might an artist use a tissue with watercolour?
Q4.In what image has stippling been used?
To help you plan your 1 art and design lesson on: Watercolour water collaboration, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
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