Summary: Students will explore the

concept of adventure by considering where “In the Mail”

Duration: Four 53 Minute in this world (or another world) they would
like to be. Through watercolor postcards
Classes
students will depict the world or place they
Day 1: Introduce would like to go as they see fit. The
students to postcards, students will remotely “adventure” through
components of a images, and consider how visual images can Grade Levels: (10-12) Drawing
postcard, postcard art. transport you to another place mentally. As
& Painting
Determine what an added element, students will determine
fictional/ real place what typography they would like to add.
Will they wish someone was there? Is this a Big Idea: Adventure
student will be depicting/
seasons greeting.
what type are they using.
Day 2: Pencil sketch
illustration and type.
Materials: 4”x 6” white watercolor
Outline type in paper, watercolor paints, permanent
permanent marker. Begin marker, white acrylic paint, and pencils.
to watercolor paint
illustration.
Day 3: Continue to
watercolor paint the
illustration and the type.
Write a short “letter” to a
friend about the location.
Day 4: Critique. What
place did they choose,
what it means, letter to
friend.

Objectives:
1. Students will be able to assemble an
effective mixed media postcard by
juxtaposing realistic watercolor
landscape illustration with
permanent marker and watercolor
typography.
2. Students will be able to employ
Images:
knowledge of watercolor techniques
Left: Teacher Example
by producing a realistic landscape by
“Seasons Greetings” utilizing a variety of watercolor
application methods.
Right: Student Sample 3. Students will be able to recall the 2
“Hollywood” main components of a postcard
through in-class discussion.
4. Students will be able to synthesize a
postcard that reflects the student by
depicting a place they are
interesting in visiting, have visited,
or have a memory of.
Enduring
Understandings: To
adventure is to explore
something or somewhere. A
person need not be
somewhere physical to go on
an adventure, as adventuring
knows no physical bounds. To
go and get lost in a book or an
image mentally can be an
adventure that involves
explorations. Visual images
draw a person in and
encourage them to explore
different elements or various
imagery. This allows the mind
to explore or go on an
adventure. Adventures need
not be dramatic, and need not
always be pleasant. Adventures
can be mundane or involve
hardship.
Artist: Various Unknown.