Chinese+Peasant+Painting

=Chinese Peasant Painting Unit= Adapted from a unit created by the amazing Kristi Thornbury



Unit Plan Overview
Day 1 (1 hour each day) Go over Keynote examples of Peasant Paintings with students focusing on the **Key Words** in the unit. Discuss the style of Peasant paintings and have students help you come up with good words describing the **style** such as: colorful, flat, simplified, cheerful, unrealistic Discuss who peasants are and have them guess what the life of a peasant might entail. Then have students talk about the common **themes** they see in Peasant Paintings. They should include: everyday life, nature, celebrations & community. Ask students in pairs to complete the questions from page 1-2 of the planning pages document below. Day 2 After, students should individually complete the drawings on page 2. Day 3&4 Once you are confident that they have a good feeling for the style of peasant painting, how to use **variety, pattern, movement and emphasis,** ask them to either choose a theme from their own life or a Chinese theme to create their own drawing. The drawing should be done the same size as their final painting will be so that it can easily be transfered with transfer paper. Drawings should also be fully colored again in the peasant painting style. Day 5 Demo transfering drawing to boards and painting Day 6-7 Painting

Materials:
poster paints in a variety of colors square wooden boards transfer paper