Reflections

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and emulate techniques used by artists working in paint to create impressions of reflections seen in bodies of water. The class can practise using water washes to develop the shape and colour of a reflection seen in a river or lake.

Explore and emulate techniques used by significant artists working in paint to create impressions of reflections seen in different bodies of water

Lesson One : River Paintings
Explore and describe how a range of significant artists have used colour shades to suggest different times of the day in paintings of river views

Lesson Two : Water Reflections
Practise some of the different ways of representing reflections that might be seen in water using artwork techniques when working with paint

Lesson Three : Water Washes
Explore and implement some of the artwork techniques that can be utilised when painting reflections of different objects in water

Lesson Four : River Sketch
Practise selecting views and recording images when sketching a scene of a river location as preparation for completing a full painting

Lesson Five : River View
Investigate how to create a painting of a river view using different artwork techniques to illustrate some of the special reflections that might be visible in the water

Lesson Six : Painting Changes
Explore and evaluate completed class paintings of river scenes that include water reflections of some of the things that can be seen on the riverbanks
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