Visual Arts 10 - Watercolour painting project

The watercolour painting project is to teach students how to paint observationally, and use colour theory.

Learning about painting

All Painting unit booklets
Painting presentations (for 1¼ hour classes) Skill builders:
  1. Depth day 10 - Last day and intro to the painting project
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  2. Painting skills 1 - Colour wheel intro
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  3. Painting skills 2 - Mixing greys
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  4. Painting skills 3 - Colour schemes and colour and emotion
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  5. Painting skills 4 - Painting apples and oranges in layers
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  6. Painting skills 5 - Observational skill builders I
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  7. Painting skills 6 - Observational skill builders II
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  8. Painting skills 7 - Observational skill builders III
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  9. Painting skills 8 - Matching tones
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
Idea Development:
  1. Painting idea development - day one
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  2. Painting idea development - day two
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  3. Painting idea development - day three
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  4. Painting idea development - day four
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  5. Painting idea development - day five
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
Making the painting:
  1. Painting day 1 - Introduction
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  2. Painting day 2 - David v. Goya
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  3. Painting day 3 - Hokusai v. Van Gogh
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  4. Painting day 4 - Careers in film and video
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  5. Painting day 5 - Seurat v. Monet
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  6. Painting day 6 - Art analysis of La Grande Jatte
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  7. Painting day 7 - Midway teacher feedback
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  8. Painting day 8 - Careers in architecture and planning
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  9. Painting day 9 - Last day for setting goals
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  10. Painting day 9.5 - Extra work day when available
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  11. Painting day 10 - Last day/intro to the clay project
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF
  • Slide masters for Painting
    Google slides | PowerPoint | PDF

    • ATA (Art teacher's Association)   Watercolour in the Art Classroom
    Galleries and exemplars
    Gallery of student paintings: New gallery and Old gallery
    Painting project exemplars: Presentation on Google slides
    Watercolour hall of fame
    Painting booklet covers for Visual Arts 10: Handout on Google Slides

    Colour scheme wheels for presentations: Google slides
    Idea development for painting handout versions Examples and advice for developing the painting idea: Handout on Google Slides
    Idea Development Examples for Paintings: Google Slides — [pdf]
    Idea Development Examples for Painting (new): Google Slides — [pdf]
    Idea generation examples for the painting: Presentation on Google Slides

    Template: for gathering your own skill builders — or for gathering reference images for the painting project in colour or black and white
    Painting criteria and step-by-step handout versions
    Midway teacher feedback for painting handout versions
    Goal-setting for painting handout versions
    Vocabulary for the watercolour painting handout versions