Trees

Tree __**Learning Intention:**__ **To learn how to create a painting using perspective. To learn how to use tints to show depth in painting. To learn how to use overlapping foreground and background to show large and small objects in space.

__Material:__ Dye Black and white paint Paint brushes- varied sizes Sketch books

__Method:__ 1. Demonstrate how to use the sketch pencil to show whispering (light shading), talking (slightly darker) and shouting (darkest). 2. Begin the painting session with the children practising how to get the different tints of black by adding white to it. 3. A white piece of paper is firstly dyed with either red and orange or blue and purple. The dye is blended onto the paper to show a sunset or a sunrise. 4. Children then sketch the furtherest trees about half way up the page. These will be the smallest trees. They mix together the lightest tint of grey and begin painting. 5. This process continues with the second row of trees and finally the closest group of trees which are almost black. 6. A lot of discussion and demonstration of brush control was needed throughout this lesson.**