Visual Art Painting Curriculum: Intro Acrylic Painting - Middle/High School Art

This acrylic painting and mixed media lesson bundle will fill an entire semester of high school art. Each lesson includes a detailed lesson plan with rubric, national standards, big ideas, essential questions, supplies, goals, objectives, step-by-step instructions and vocabulary, student self-evaluation/rubric, and detailed PowerPoint presentation. All documents are editable for flexibility of use. Also included are two presentations a video demonstration and painting prompt task cards.

INCLUDED:

10 Full Lessons with Lesson plans, presentations, and rubrics/evaluations

2 Fully Narrated Video Demonstrations

Full Semester Scope and Sequence Chart

Materials list for the entire semester

ROMARE BEARDEN MIXED MEDIA ART

Perfect as at the beginning of a class or semester, or even as a break, this quick lesson has students create mixed media art using magazines and their own artistic voice. Introduce students to Romare Bearden whose artwork was inspired by memories of past events and favorite places. Bearden is an American painter, whose collages depict aspects of American black culture. He is considered one of the most important African American artists of the 20th century.

CIRCLE TREE SILHOUETTE ACRYLIC BLENDING LESSON

This acrylic painting lesson is a great way to teach students basic color mixing and blending in acrylic paint. Blending in acrylic paint is difficult for students to learn and this is by far the easiest and most fun and most successful lesson I've found.

ACRYLIC PEAR TUTORIAL VIDEO:

This 47 minute narrated video takes students step by step through the process of painting a pear from photographic reference. There is no cutting and coming back to it looking wonderful, it shows the entire process.

Included:

3 Page Lesson Plan with National Visual Arts Standards, Big Idea, Enduring Understandings, Essential Questions, Objectives, Supplies, Instructional Materials, Final Outcomes and detailed process notes.

Student Self Evaluation

Photograph of Painted Pear to use for Reference

ACRYLIC PORTRAIT - MONOCHROMATIC PORTRAIT PAINTING

Students learn how to paint a portrait using color theory. Painting has students paint each part of the portrait in a differnt color using tints and shades. Once complete students finish the painting by creating a pattern for the background. Monochromatic paintings can be so boring to look at, but these are amazing when finished!

Lots of pop and visual interest, students loved painting these!

41 page editable powerpoint

Color Worksheet Packet

Pattern Worksheet Packet

Links to video resources

Editable Word Rubric

Examples of student process

Examples of final student artwork

MOUNTAINS AT SUNRISE ACRYLIC LANDSCAPE VIDEO TUTORIAL:

While students eventually need to find their own voice, they will easily get frustrated without the skills needed to master acrylic painting. This lesson will enable them to learn about basic color mixing, blending, layering, and creating space on a 2D surface. Students love following along with a tutorial and completing a beautiful landscape painting as a class. With this full demonstration video, presentation, lesson plan, rubric, color mixing chart, and examples you will set your students up for success when they venture out to create their own acrylic painting.

Fully Narrated and professionally edited, 26-minute Video Demonstration.

4 Page Lesson Plan with National Standards for grades 6-12; Big ideas, Essential questions, Goals and Objectives, Instructional Materials, Supplies, Timeline, and detailed process. Also included are Resource links and vocabulary.

24-page editable PowerPoint.

Editable Word Rubric

Example of Color Plan, Minature Painting and Final Painting photograph for student use

Materials list

SEMI-ABSTRACT ACRYLIC LANDSCAPE:

Students paint a landscape based on photographic reference using mostly a palette knife. Students create a color plan by mixing the colors identified in their reference and make artistic choices to create a simplified semi-abstract landscape painting while still maintaining visual interest. Also covered are the six ways to create the illusion of space on a two-dimensional surface.

4 Page Lesson Plan with National Standards for grades 8-12; Big ideas, Essential questions, Goals and Objectives, instructional Materials, Supplies and detailed process. Also included are Resource links and vocabulary.

27 page editable powerpoint

Links to video resources

Editable Word Rubric

Examples of student process

Examples of final student artwork

Materials list

RADIAL DOT ACRYLIC PAINTING:

This lesson teaches students to create radial symmetry and is a great introduction to color mixing. Students learn about color bias, tints, shades and intensity of color as well as how to create rhythm, variety and movement with dot size, placement and color.

Lesson Includes:

8 Page Lesson Plan with National Standards for Visual Arts and Common Core Standards for English Language Arts; Big idea, Essential questions, Objectives, Instructional Materials, Supplies and detailed process. Also included are Resource links, vocabulary and rubric. All editable.

41 Page PowerPoint with student process examples

Notes for presentation in PDF format

Color Mixing Chart

Student Self-Evaluation Sheet

DECORATIVE LINE ANIMALS:

This project-based Decorative Line art lesson is a great way to teach students about the elements of Line, Color, Rhythm and Unity.

Lesson Includes:

NEW! 4 Page Lesson Plan

with National Standards for grades 6-12; Big idea, Essential questions, Goals and Objectives, instructional Materials, Supplies and detailed process. Also included are Resource links, vocabulary and rubric in the form of a student self-evaluation. All editable.

42 Page PowerPoint Presentation (Editable)

Presentation Notes PDF

Link to a movie to use as anticipatory set for Line designs

Color Mixing Chart with Colors and Blank

Rubric - Student Self-Evaluation Sheet

Multiple student examples in process and final work

6 Doodle Starter Idea Sheets (with 24 three step doodle ideas)

Blank Doodle Starter Sheet for your own designs for students

Doodle Thumbnail Worksheet

EXPRESSIVE COLORED ANIMALS:

his lesson teaches students more advanced shading, texture, proportion and expressive color using acrylic paint. It provides the opportunity to work with acrylic paint in a way where most students can be successful and lends exciting results. This lesson is best taught after teaching the basics of color mixing and color schemes.

Lesson Includes:

7 page Lesson Planwith National Standards for Visual Arts, Enduring Understanding, Essential questions, Objectives, Instructional Materials, Supplies, detailed process and vocabulary.

33 Page Editable PowerPoint Presentation

Student Self-Evaluation Sheet for Expressive Color Animals

Color Chart

FAVORITE FOODS STILL LIFE PAINTING:

Students bring in their favorite food, photograph it with a good composition and then paint it using acrylic paint. The process includes painting tints, shades and intensity on a worksheet, painting a sphere and then using their reference photo to complete a realistic painting of their favorite food. After photographing their food I allow students to have a “party” with the unused food and share their photographs with each other to choose the one with the best composition.

5 Page Lesson Plan with National Standards, Big ideas, Essential questions, Goals and Objectives, Instructional Materials, Student supplies and detailed process. Also included are Vocabulary.

33-page editable powerpoint presentation

Rubric

Tints and Shades worksheet with key

Art Exhibition, Final Art Reflection & Art Portfolio Guidelines for Students

• Art Exhibition
• Reflection with Rubric
• Artist Statement and Title Cards
• Art Portfolio List

30 PAINTING PROMPT TASK CARDS:

These task cards take students through 30 different painting prompts. These are great for sketchbooks, early finishers, and independent projects for advanced students. Each task card is labelled with a letter and number that corresponds to that task card or question, students can then mark off on their student completion sheet which cards they have finished.

30 Painting Task Cards

1 Completion Sheet

National Visual Arts Standards:

• Anchor Standards:

Creating:

Anchor Standard #1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard #2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work.

Presenting:

Anchor Standard #4. Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Anchor Standard #5. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Anchor Standard #6. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic works

Responding:

Anchor Standard #7. Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Anchor Standard #8. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Anchor Standard #9. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Connecting:

Anchor Standard #10. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
Anchor Standard #11. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

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