Your World/Our WorldLandscape Painting Objectives:Learn and practice techniques to paint elements of landscapesPaint with acrylic paints and characteristics of the paintsBlend values of color to create specific effects and elementsCompose a landscape with background, middleground, foreground.Use perspective and elements of space to create depth on a 2D surface

Formative Assessment Tasks: Landscape Element StudiesSky, trees, shrub, sun, horizon, mountains, clouds, grass.Compositional Planning: Create 3 thumbnail sketches creating compositional studies.

Area of Interaction(s): Human Ingenuity Guiding Questions:

How is visual interest created that will influence the viewer’s perception?

What kind of “dramatic effects” or elements, can be used to manipulate the environment?

Vocabulary: Perspective, Asymmetrical Balance, Composition, Emphasis, Focal Point, Positive and Negative Space, Contrast, Value, Form, Foreground, Middleground, Background, Dramatic Effects, Craftsmanship, Reflection/Analysis/Evaluation

Surreal Landscape- having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal.

Final Summative Assessment Task: Landscape painting representing a world of your making.