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Year 4 - Art and design

Explore a variety of painting techniques

Local landscape : painting

Unit Summary

Pupils will study a local landscape artist and make photographic records of natural or park scenes. This could include natural elements within a built environment. They will learn some basic landscape painting techniques and apply them to their own personal landscape painting.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use tints, shades and a variety of paintbrush techniques to achieve different effects.

Key Notes

  • 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.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • 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 Mistakes To Avoid

  • A paintbrush can only be used for one effect.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key 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.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'tint'

created by adding white to the original hue of colour.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: A paintbrush can only be used for one effect. Correction: Remind children that a paintbrush can be used to create many different effects, such as dry-brush and wet on wet.

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