Lesson Two – Raindrops

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate some of the different tools and art equipment that can be used to create the shape of raindrops in a painting of a weather scene.

The class can suggest how to mix paint to create a range of colour shades that can be used when painting raindrop shapes for a rainy day.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate some of the different tools and art equipment that can be used to create the shape of raindrops in a painting of a weather scene

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe the effect of rain on the natural world and landscapes and a set of cards to select and match a range of 2D shapes to different types of weather seen in paintings.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore tools and equipment that can be used to create the shape of raindrops in a painting.

This lesson is part of a art and design scheme of work to get the children to practise different techniques of painting scenes depicting a specific type of rain to simulate natural phenomena in a range of different landscapes. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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