One Point Perspective Barn Watercolor Painting Lesson

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Date: 2014-12-14 Author: Michelle East Categories: 6th Grade, Art Lessons, Drawing Lessons, MS Art, Painting Lessons, Perspective/Space Lessons, Watercolor Lessons Tags: 1 pt perspective, barn painting, barn perspective, linear perspective, One Point Perspective, one point perspective barn, watercolor barn

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Middle school art is a good time to dive into linear perspective with more challenging subject matter, a barn scene is perfect for this. After reviewing (from 5th grade) or learning one point perspective techniques, student design their own barn scene with as many unique additions as possible. They then learned basic watercolor techniques to paint their barn.

Pre-Project Lessons: One Point Perspective Boxes, Basic Watercolor Techniques Lesson Plan & Worksheet

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## 1 Point Perspective Lesson Plan 1: Boxes

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## Basic Watercolor Painting Techniques Lesson Plan & Worksheet

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Teacher Example

Objective: Design your own barn. Give the illusion of depth by drawing everything applicable using 1 Point Perspective.

Project Requirements:

Vanishing point needs to be 4” from the edge of the paper.
Barn must overlap the horizon line.
Barn must be drawn large on the paper
Must be drawn realistically-NO cartoons!
Painting must include: (minimums)
Barn-2 Front openings and 2 side openings
Silo
Fence
Road-dirt or pavement
An Environment- trees, crops, hills, plateaus, or mountains
Optional: Animals, ponds, vehicles, hay bails

Instructions:

Design your own barn & draw the composition in pencil. Use a RULER to draw everything possible in 1 Point Perspective!!
Use watercolors to carefully paint the scene with FULL values. - Use salt in the wet watercolor for added texture. - Make sure to use value to define your edges–no outlining with Sharpie!

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## Artwork Plan it Out Worksheet

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