Lessons From The Garden Timeline & Rubric
Foundational Drawing Skills - Introduction to Watercolor Painting
Day 1
Intro: PPT: R vs. L brain PPT: Mark Making
Post: Vase/Face photo, "A" on board
Worksheets: Vase/Face & Upside Down Drawing
Materials: Handout: Vase/Face, 8x11 paper, pencil
Materials: Handout: Variety of images for Upside Down Drawing (30-40 min)
Day 2-3
Blind/Modified Contour Exercises:
Objects from Nature for class
PPT: Observational Drawing Examples
Demo: observational vs. schematic drawing w/plant
Demo: PPP/transfer to ground/draw foreshortened view of hand or of a flower
Materials:
Blind: 8 x 11 paper, pencil, Observational Drawing PPT, objects from nature
Modified: 8 x 11 paper, pencil, eraser, PPP, viewfinder (5 min to draw, 5 - 10 to
set a ground, 30-40 min draw/transfer hand)
OR Draw a Flower Exercise: (page 43-44 Drawing Right Side Workbook)
Day 4
Negative Space "Seeing Red to See Negative Space"
Pressed leaves/flowers, PPP, Red Construction Paper
Materials: View Finder, Plastic Picture Plane, Dry Erase Marker, 8x11 paper,
ebony pencil
Day 5-6
Into the Garden, Examples: Composition
Demo: How to Transfer Final Image
Handout: Composition
Materials: View Finder, Plastic Picture Plane, Dry Erase Marker, 8x11 paper,
ruler, ebony pencil
Handout: Composition
Day 7-8
Watercolor Intro: Tools Demo: Watercolor Exercise/Vegetable/Apple
Materials: Apples, painting supplies: See material list
Day 9-12
Students begin Watercolor Painting of their contour line garden drawing
Materials: Painting supplies
Day 12
End class with group critique
Materials: Painting supplies
Day 13
Final day to work on projects
Apply group critique suggestions
Materials: Painting supplies
Foundational Drawing Skills - Introduction to Watercolor Painting
Day 1
Intro: PPT: R vs. L brain PPT: Mark Making
Post: Vase/Face photo, "A" on board
Worksheets: Vase/Face & Upside Down Drawing
Materials: Handout: Vase/Face, 8x11 paper, pencil
Materials: Handout: Variety of images for Upside Down Drawing (30-40 min)
Day 2-3
Blind/Modified Contour Exercises:
Objects from Nature for class
PPT: Observational Drawing Examples
Demo: observational vs. schematic drawing w/plant
Demo: PPP/transfer to ground/draw foreshortened view of hand or of a flower
Materials:
Blind: 8 x 11 paper, pencil, Observational Drawing PPT, objects from nature
Modified: 8 x 11 paper, pencil, eraser, PPP, viewfinder (5 min to draw, 5 - 10 to
set a ground, 30-40 min draw/transfer hand)
OR Draw a Flower Exercise: (page 43-44 Drawing Right Side Workbook)
Day 4
Negative Space "Seeing Red to See Negative Space"
Pressed leaves/flowers, PPP, Red Construction Paper
Materials: View Finder, Plastic Picture Plane, Dry Erase Marker, 8x11 paper,
ebony pencil
Day 5-6
Into the Garden, Examples: Composition
Demo: How to Transfer Final Image
Handout: Composition
Materials: View Finder, Plastic Picture Plane, Dry Erase Marker, 8x11 paper,
ruler, ebony pencil
Handout: Composition
Day 7-8
Watercolor Intro: Tools Demo: Watercolor Exercise/Vegetable/Apple
Materials: Apples, painting supplies: See material list
Day 9-12
Students begin Watercolor Painting of their contour line garden drawing
Materials: Painting supplies
Day 12
End class with group critique
Materials: Painting supplies
Day 13
Final day to work on projects
Apply group critique suggestions
Materials: Painting supplies