Free Lesson Plan: Impressionist Portraits with Pastels

Mary Cassatt, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Impressionist Portraits – Pastels Level: Middle School Duration: Five 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: Mary Cassat, American Impressionism, and Portraits Goals and Objectives: To introduce use of pastel medium. To teach accurate proportions for profile, frontal, and ¾ views. To teach shading and blending …

Free Lesson Plan: Impressionist Landscapes with Acrylic Paints

Impressionist Landscapes – Acrylic Paints Level: Middle School  Duration: Three 45-minute class periods Historical Overview: French Impressionism and Claude Monet (1840-1926) Goals and Objectives: To introduce paint with the use of media, color, and light. Students will be able to identify all the colors on the color wheel and learn …