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Lesson 5: Expressive / Imaginary Landscape

Overview

Layer final details and further develop colors in your landscape drawing. 

Grade Level

6-12

Media

Oil Pastel Drawing and Tempera or Acrylic Paint 

Lessons In Unit

10

  • Unit & Lessons

Materials and Tools

  • Oil pastels
  • Drawings from previous week
  • Landscape reference images

Objectives

Students will understand that:

  • Artists can layer details on top of areas of color in a drawing. 
  • Adding details in the foreground can create depth in a drawing.

Students will be able to:

  • Finish their drawing by adding color and details. 

Activities

Model Identifying and Adding Details:

Model layering details in your drawing, using the side of the oil pastel to get thicker, richer marks and lines.

Work Time:

As students begin to finish their drawings, encourage them to:

  • Further develop colors, working from the sky (top) to the foreground (bottom). 
  • Focus on adding tints in the sky, background, and middle ground; shades in the middle ground and foreground; and tones throughout.
  • Layer details.

Reflection

  • What new strategy did you learn while making your landscape drawing? 
  • How could you approach this project differently in the future? 

Vocabulary

Details

Resource

Edward Mitchell Bannister, Palmer River

Edward Mitchell Bannister, Palmer River, 1885, Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 x 34 in, National Gallery of Art