Sunset blend and Trees


Minnesota K-3 Visual Art Standards Used in This Lesson:

  • 1. Identify the elements of visual art including Color, line, shape, Form, Value, texture and space.

  • 2. Identify the tools, materials and techniques from a variety of two- and three-dimensional media such as drawing, printmaking, ceramics or sculpture.

  • 3. Identify the characteristics of visual artworks from a variety of cultures including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 4. Create original two- and three- dimensional artworks to express ideas, experiences or stories.

  • 5. Share and describe a personal artwork and reflect on a presentation based on the feedback of others.

  • 6. Compare and contrast the characteristics of a variety of works of visual art.

    • Additional Tie-ins

  • Paint blending
  • Sunset colors
  • Silhouette

    • Images of sunsets are shown to illustrate how the colors blend from one to the next.

    Next a quick demonstration on how to blend watercolor paints into a nice sunset is given.

    Students use watercolor to paint a a sunset background and after the paper is dry, they draw trees on the paper with sharpie markers. Tree tutorial can be found here.