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Lesson 3: Experimental techniques

Investigating how experimental watercolour techniques can be used to achieve different artistic effects.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

This activity revisits learning from Lesson 2: Watercolour to help the children recall key knowledge.

Pair the children and show the Presentation: Which technique? Click to enlarge each image in turn. Ask the pairs to identify which technique (method an artist uses to create an effect) has been used and explain how each effect was created.

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