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Originally a lesson plan for Middle School, adapted to grades 4-5 4 day lesson plan, mixed media art class

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W8 MixedMediaProjectsLP

Originally a lesson plan for Middle School, adapted to grades 4-5 4 day lesson plan, mixed media art class

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Jacqui Castro
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Mixed Media Projects

Week 8
Grades 4-5

NOTES:
- Find that giant roll of craft paper in one of the other art rooms and cover the tables. You
can reuse the paper all week!
- Students of all ages have a tendency to not use enough paint, whether it’s watercolor or
layering with acrylics. Encourage more than one or two rounds of paint, and teach them
how to avoid using too much water (or not enough water, as with watercolors.) Yes you
need to teach this. Also give paper towels to clean their brushes, etc. I was shocked
when my 9th graders didn’t know how to do this.
- Photocopies for MONDAY will need to be picked up at Central Duplicating, and other
copies for TUESDAY will be delivered to you. I forgot that was an option.
- I will drop off some more items (tissue paper, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, magazines and
newspaper, Fineliner Sharpies, pre-cut postcard paper for Thursday) on Monday.
- You will need to go to Michael’s (or wherever) to get some cheap markers. You WILL
need these for Thursday’s activity.
- You will need a hole puncher from the Resource Room for Thursday

Monday:
1. Intro to Mixed Media mini presentation (PDF):
a. This was designed for the older kids, but feel free to read and talk through and
make a little bit lighter for the younger class
b. Mostly focus on the art and the multiple types of layering of materials (ie paint
and pencil, collage and paint, oil pastel and charcoal, found objects and paint,
etc)

2. Salt Painting with Watercolor and Famous Artwork


a. Need: handouts of famous artworks (kids choose 1)
b. Glue with white glue along the lines of the art and shake salt over the glue. (Set
up a little station where you can supervise and reuse the excess salt that is
shaken off.
c. Kids with use watercolor to paint the salt
d. Once dry, spray with Modge Podge finishing spray

3. Roll Dice Landscape drawing


a. Handout of options of landscape drawings
b. Demonstrate a few rolls and draw on HORIZONTAL paper (make sure you tell
them to use paper this way otherwise they won’t.) Draw your rolled landscape
features. “LIGHT PENCIL DRAWINGS!”
c. Once they have drawn all options they want to include, use watercolors. I
suggest either charcoal for larger features or Sharpie Fineliner markers for
details.

4. Bonus: Always have free drawing paper for the kids who finish early! Try to only use the
cheapie computer paper if they are just going to “burn” through paper! If they want to
paint, use some of the nicer, “extra” mixed media paper and feel free to cut it down to
smaller sizes and have them use that with paint, etc. (Be cautious, as if the class is
younger and immature and can’t handle this, use your best judgement!!!)

Tuesday:
1. Picasso Masks
a. Using the “pieces” provided, students will oil pastel their face, watercolor their
features, etc.
i. If they are ambitious, they may swap a feature or two for a yarn, tissue
paper, etc.
b. Arrange and glue down to Mixed Media paper
2. Using a large piece of MM paper, have students dribble lots of watercolor splatters.
Make sure it has a lot of water, so it puddles a little on the page.
a. Students take a straw and blow the paint water across the page into larger
splatters.
b. Once dry, students will cut monster eyes and mouths, and draw arms and legs on
their splatter monsters.
i. ALTERNATIVELY, Students may draw themselves without hair, and
watercolor splatter the paint for hair, using the straw to blow the “hair.”
Wednesday:
1. Self Portrait Day
a. Each student gets a canvas and will work on creating a self portrait. I recommend
the two options: for easier/ slower workers, divide the canvas vertically, and have
them use two mediums to do their portrait. For a harder/ faster student, divide
canvas into four, and each portion of the canvas must be a different medium.
b. Rock painting with positive message
i. Nature walk with the kids around campus to hunt for 1-2 small rocks for
each kid.
ii. Paint with acrylic paints. Once dry, kids can write a positive message on
each rock.
iii. Seal with Modge Podge sealant. (Probably not the spray, the regular
Modge Podge. Once dry, return the rocks to a garden on campus to
spread positivity to other students, young and old!

Thursday
1. Tie Dye with Tin Foil
a. Prep: cut tin foil into postcard size pieces. Each student will get 2. They can be
reused, and wiped with a damp paper towel. There are about 100 “postcards,” so
feel free to count and divide evenly for the students.
b. Color on the tin foil. Abstract splotches of color, or general designs, NOT too
detailed, as they will get sprayed with water and blob.
c. Spray with water and press tinfoil with ink side down onto the postcards. Repeat
and layer as many times as you’d like. Continue with as many pages as you want
in your “book.
d. Book: Teacher will line pages up and hole punch two holes and have students tie
together with yarn. Tie-dye book!
i. Alternatively, students can draw on top of the dried pages, and flip over,
write a letter and send as a postcard in the mail.
2. Free Choice
a. Students are free to use any combination of materials for their final project, or
use the time to complete any unfinished work!

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