### Year 4 Art Lesson Plan
#### Topic: Advanced Drawing and Painting
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**Lesson Duration:** 1 hour 30 minutes
**Learning Objectives:**
1. Develop advanced drawing skills focusing on texture, shading, and proportion.
2. Apply painting techniques including blending and layering.
3. Understand and use colour theory to enhance artwork.
4. Explore creativity through multimedia artwork.
**Materials:**
- Sketchbooks
- Pencils (HB, 2B, 4B)
- Erasers
- Coloured pencils
- Watercolour paints (primary colours, black, and white)
- Paintbrushes (various sizes)
- Water containers
- Palettes
- A3 drawing paper
- Newsprint or protective sheets
- Aprons or old shirts
- Reference images (animals, nature, abstract artworks)
**Lesson Outline:**
1. **Introduction (15 minutes)**
- **Welcome & Settle:** Greet students and settle them down.
- **Lesson Overview:** Explain today’s focus on advanced drawing and painting techniques.
- **Previous Knowledge Recap:** Briefly discuss previous skills learned in drawing and painting.
2. **Warm-Up Activity (10 minutes)**
- **Quick Sketching:** Students will do a quick 5-minute sketch of an object in the classroom. Focus on capturing the object’s basic shape.
- **Discussion:** Review sketches, discussing the importance of set shapes before adding details.
3. **Main Activity: Advanced Drawing (30 minutes)**
- **Technique Demonstration:**
- Show how to use pencils of different hardness to create texture and shading.
- Demonstrate using cross-hatching and stippling for texture.
- Show how to measure and draw in proportion, especially focusing on drawing simple animals or natural objects.
- **Class Activity:**
- Provide reference images of simple animals or nature objects.
- Students use their sketchbooks to practice these advanced drawing techniques.
- Walk around to offer guidance and feedback.
4. **Main Activity: Advanced Painting (30 minutes)**
- **Technique Demonstration:**
- Show basic colour theory: primary, secondary, and tertiary colours.
- Demonstrate how to mix colours to create shades and tints.
- Show students how to layer colours and blend them using watercolours.
- **Class Activity:**
- Students will transfer their best sketch to A3 paper.
- Guide students as they paint their drawing, focusing on blending techniques and colour layering.
- Encourage them to experiment with mixing colours to create realistic or abstract effects as desired.
5. **Review and Discussion (10 minutes)**
- **Gallery Walk:** Students will display their work around the classroom.
- **Peer Feedback:** Students will walk around and give positive feedback to two peers.
- **Class Discussion:** Discuss what techniques worked well, what was challenging, and what they enjoyed about the process.
6. **Clean-Up (5 minutes)**
- Ensure everyone helps to clean the materials and workspace.
**Assessment:**
- **Formative Assessment:** Observations during activities to provide immediate feedback.
- **Peer Assessment:** Through the feedback session, students will assess each other’s work.
- **Discussion Participation:** Assess understanding by involvement in class discussions.
**Extension Activities:**
1. **Homework:** Draw and paint a simple scene from a holiday or weekend experience utilising techniques learned.
2. **Follow-Up Lesson:** Explore mixed media by incorporating collage elements with drawing and painting.
**Differentiation:**
- **For Advanced Learners:** Provide complex reference images and suggest incorporating intricate details.
- **For Struggling Learners:** Offer individual assistance and simpler images to work from. Allow the use of aids like grid drawing for proportion.
**Health & Safety:**
- Ensure proper handling of materials, especially water and paints.
- Advise wearing aprons/old shirts to protect clothing.
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This structured lesson plan aims to engage Year 4 students in advanced drawing and painting techniques, promoting creativity and technical skill development.