4 sessions; 45 minutes per session

1. SWBAT share some information about artist Grant Wood.
2. SWBAT define collage.
3. SWBAT define landscape.
4. SWBAT use overlapping technique to show space and depth in a picture.
5. SWBAT mix all six intermediate (tertiary) colors.
6. (optional follow-up project) SWBAT write a set a words inspired by their artwork.

1. White paper
2. Construction paper
3.Tempera paint
4. Painting combs or other items to scrape lines into the paint
5. Brushes and paper plates
6. Glue
7. Scissors
8. Grant Wood images, video, and information
9. iPads and WordFoto app (optional follow-up project)

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(Session 1)
1. Introduce Intermediate colors
- review primary and secondary colors
- discuss and demo how to mix intermediate colors
2. Discuss visual texture
- demo how to use painting comb or craft stick to draw texture into the wet paint
3. Have students pair up and work together to mix an intermediate color
- each student uses the mixed color to paint a white paper and add visual texture with a painting comb or craft stick
(Session 2)
4. Students continue mixing and painting intermediate colors until all 6 have been made.
(Session 3)
5. Introduce the artist Grant Wood
-show images of his artwork, especially his landscapes
- discuss the shapes, overlapping, space and perspective in his landscapes
6. Demo how to use the painted papers to create a landscape collage
-choose a color of construction paper to glue collage on
-emphasize the overlapping
(Session 4)
7. Students create landscape collage
(Optional Follow-up Digital Art and Words Project)
8. Students use iPads with WordFoto app
-photograph finished collage with app
-add a set of words that are inspired by the landscape
-adjust settings to create a finished product they like
-email finished work to teacher or save to camera roll

Students will be assessed by:
Observing and listening to choices and conversations during the cooperative color mixing part.
Filling out an exit slip listing one thing they learned about Grant Wood.
Reviewing the final artwork for craftsmanship, creativity, and directions followed.

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Be sure and contact me with any questions or more in-depth information on the optional digital follow-up project!

[K-4] Students use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories

[K-4] Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner

[K-4] Students know the differences between materials, techniques, and processes

[K-4] Students describe how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different responses

[K-4] Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas

[K-4] Students select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning

[K-4] Students know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures

[K-4] Students identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, and places

[K-4] Students demonstrate how history, culture, and the visual arts can influence each other in making and studying works of art

[K-4] Students identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum

Grant Wood

American Art

Color/Value, Shape, Space, Texture

Collage, Painting

English/Language Arts