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Lesson 4: Still life in colour

After looking at still life paintings from Cezanne, pupils mix and use paint to bring colour to their still life with a range of tints and hues

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Learning objective

To paint a still life study in colour

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

Develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design
Improve their mastery of art and design technique of a painting

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Teacher video: Painting: Impressionism

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: A colour wheel could be helpful in deciding what colours to mix to get a certain hue.

Pupils working at greater depth: Could paint the white highlights on objects which catch the light in the composition. Should add the shadows of objects using a darker tint of the surface it falls on.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

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