Learning objective

  • To understand how to darken or lighten a colour when mixing paint.

Success criteria

  • I can add white paint to one colour

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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

May need reminding about painting basics: keeping a clean water pot, adding black and white paint a small amount at a time, holding the paintbrush near the bristles for greater control; could use slide 1 of the Presentation: Odd painting out to help them in discussing the paintings.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could investigate the range of colours they can make even with very similar starting colours; should mix two quite similar original colours, e.g. two different greens, and then mix tints and shades of both to observe the differences in colour.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: being able to share

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Vocabulary definitions

  • abstract

    Art where the subject doesn't necessarily look like it does in real life.

  • detailed

    Looking at features of something which can often be seen most clearly close up.

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