RIC-6584 Exploring Visual Art (Upper)

Stained glass peacock
Duration
Four lessons
Task
Create a stained glass image based on a drawing of
a peacock.
Materials
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stained glass windows
✓✓ cartridge paper
✓✓ lead pencils
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brushes
water and containers
black card
Lesson 1
1. Look at examples of stained glass windows and discuss the way that images have been
segmented to create a variety of shapes.
2. Use guided drawing to demonstrate how to complete a peacock using simple shapes.
3.
Students draw their own version. Once the main image is drawn, students divide the drawing
into large segments, like a jigsaw puzzle. Trace over the pencil lines using black permanent
marker.
Lesson 2 and 3
Colour each segment individually, using cool colours for the peacock and warm colours for
the background. Paint watercolour pencil areas with water. Allow to dry.
Lesson 4
Mount onto black card to highlight the effect of the thick black lines of a stained glass
window.
Evaluation
Arts ideas Arts skills and processes Arts responses Arts in society
• Uses own ideas to
create patterns
and shapes based
on stained glass
window images.
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• Applies colour
using a variety
of mediums and
groups colours
appropriately.
• Selects and creates
shapes to achieve
specific results.
erasers
black permanent markers
watercolour pencils
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• Understands
artworks are
created for a range
of purposes and in a
variety of mediums,
such as glass.
• Understands that
visual arts can be
incorporated into
everyday objects,
such as windows.
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