ST. MARK’S SQUARE

September 23, 2012 by


LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS

SHAPE 

ST. MARK’S SQUARE

Lesson Objectives: Students will learn how to use shape to create a skyline of domed buildings.

Time Required: 1 hour

Artist: St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy (available online)
Materials:

Tag board 11×14 or watercolor paper 9×12

Pencils

Rulers

If using tag board: Colored pencils

If using watercolor paper:

     Paintbrushes

     Cups for water

     Watercolors: red, orange, orange-yellow, yellow, black, brown, green, light green, blue-green

     ¼ inch strips of painter’s tape to tape paper to cardboard

Gold felt-tip pen or gold acrylic paint 

Presentation:

Discuss different shapes.

Procedure:

  1. Pass out paper. Write names on back (tag board) or on tape (watercolor paper).
  2. Use a pencil and a ruler to draw several large rectangles on the paper. Make them different sizes and overlap them.
  3. Add domes and turrets , using different sizes and shapes.
  4. Add details: windows, doorways, columns, and arches.
  5. Color in with colored pencil or watercolors.
  6. When dry, fill in domes with a gold felt-tip pen of gold paint.
  7. Use the gold to add in patterns to the building.                                                 
Filed Under: 4th Grade Shape