CCC CHINESE SCHOOL – ART II

Acrylic Painting

Teacher: Lee Grefalda

2006 Spring Semester – Lesson Plan

Date

Week

Lesson

Activities

January 8,

1

 Determine a subject for Painting

 Review sketching techniques and subject for painting.  Portrait, Landscape & Still life.  Students must have drawing material available for this day.

January 15,

 

 Application of lesson learned

 Exercise – prepare sketch for painting and transferring to a canvass. 

January 22,

2

 Color Theory

Review of color theory.  Students must have painting material available this day.

January 29,

3

 Application of color theory

 Prepare a new and detailed color palate with formulas.

February 5,

 

No School (Chinese New Year)

 

February 12

4

 Values – dark and light colors

 Importance of values in color as well as warm & cool colors

February 19

 

No School (Winter Break)

 

February 26

5

 Composition

 Focus on the most appropriate arrangement of your subject(s) as it relates to the painting.

March 5,

6

 Transferring the sketch

 Transfer sketch to the canvass using different methods.

March 12,

7

Brush strokes

 Describing the various brush strokes.  Discuss the different types of brushes.

March 19,

8

Application of lesson learned

 Exercise – demonstrate different brushes strokes.

March 26,

 

No School  (Facility Not Available)

 

April 2,

9

 Painting

 Work on the painting

April 9,

10

 Painting

 Continue to work on the painting

April 16,

 

No School (Spring Break)

 

April 23,

11

 Critique of finished painting

 Class will critique the various paintings to determine if it is successful.

April 30,

12

 Painting

 Work on  a new painting

May 7,

13

 Painting

 Continue to work on the painting

May 14, 2006 *

14

 Critique of finished painting

 Class will critique the various paintings to determine if it is successful.