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Students will create two watercolor landscape paintings; one contains a creek running towards the foreground with other natural elements present in the background, and the other is a sunset reflecting on water with a pier and trees in the foreground. Students will create a foreground, middle ground, and background using watercolor techniques.

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The student will create an original piece using the age old technique of repousse. The student will be creating sunflowers, inspired by the artist Voncent Van Gogh

Student demonstrated understanding of how value creates shapes, and the drawing techniques (hatching/cross hatching/etc.) are used to create value. This is an assignment to teach the student the power of shading values, by drawing two dimensional shapes into three dimensional shaded forms.

Have students paint a copy of an impressionist painting. Have each student create a label (one page max.) for a selected work, including the artist name, title, date, and a description, which should address the following: Describe the subject: What does the artist show in this picture? What details or symbols give clues to its meaning? Where is the scene supposed to take place? Describe the technique: How would you describe the artist's use of color and light? How would you describe the brushstroke? Why would this be considered an Impressionist work? How is it different from the work of other Impressionists? What makes this work unique to this particular artist?

Have students paint a copy of an impressionist painting. Have each student create a label (one page max.) for a selected work, including the artist name, title, date, and a description, which should address the following: Describe the subject: What does the artist show in this picture? What details or symbols give clues to its meaning? Where is the scene supposed to take place? Describe the technique: How would you describe the artist's use of color and light? How would you describe the brushstroke? Why would this be considered an Impressionist work? How is it different from the work of other Impressionists? What makes this work unique to this particular artist?

This rubric is used for a one point perspective drawing