PAINTING 1– UPPER KEY STAGE 2

SKILL / SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES / ARTISTS
WORKS OF ART / VOCABULARY / CURRICULUM LINKS / RECOMMENDED MATERIALS
To work into a painted surface with other media, for example, chalks, pastels, crayons.
To return to work in stages over time. / Landscape/Seascape interpretation:
Following an outing where pupils have done sketching and taken photographs of the view/scenery etc. Even sketches of buildings or artefacts can be then developed back at the classroom.
Pupils study and explore sketches and photographs. Using sketchbooks they can pick out shapes, outlines, patterns that they like. On a large sheet of paper (often effective to use a coloured paper/sugar paper as background base) pupils draw out one or many of the shapes picked out from sketches and photographs. These do not have to be complete images but could also be enlarged sections etc. These are then painted – free choice of paint: sketchbook studies of qualities of different paints or mixed choice of paints.
Pupils then build into and onto the painting – using a wide range of media freely available to them.
Felt tips, finelines for details, chalks and pastels could all be used build up the image/images or mirror/shadow/reflect. Wax crayons, when added on firmly could be scratched into.
Cut sections of photos and sketches could also be incorporated if pupils wish to develop their work into a collage style piece.
The above ideas would work equally well for any subject of painting – from imagination to still life or observational.
3. When the pupils have completed their initial painting ask them to evaluate / appraise their own and other pupils’ work.
4. Having evaluated work ~ change/adapt as appropriate.
5. Return to the work and enhance final presentations by using chalks, pastels, pens etc. to add depth/detail etc. /

Turner

Van Gogh (characteristic brushstrokes and twirls would be interesting to explore for own artwork’s details)
Landscape Photographers – especially good for skyline studies.
Paul Klee’s earlier landscape work.

Lowry

/ Portrait / Landscape format
Interpretation
Artefacts
Develop/explore/investigate
Shapes, outlines, patterns
Images
Enlarge/shrink
Build onto/into
Mirror/shadow/
Reflect
Collage / Any visit
Seashore
Landscape/
Seascape
Industrial view (harbour/cranes/building site)
Townscape
Any Historical Artefact/visit
Maritime Museum
Neolithic – Dolmens
Farming – market visit (huge variety of colours, patterns and shapes in market stalls) / Sketchbooks
Variety of sketching pencils
Camera/digital camera
A range of paints: powder, acrylic, poster, watercolour
Palettes
PVA glue, sand, sawdust and cornflour for thickening / texture
A range of paint brushes
Palette knives
Sponges etc.
Chalks, pastels, felt tip pens, wax crayons
Coloured sugar paper
Card