ART MEDIUM TERM PLANNING UNIT OF WORK: ‘My Urban Landscape’ in the style of LS Lowry.

Term: Autumn (1) / Year Group: 5
Overview:
Develop and understanding of artists work (LS Lowry) and apply it to their own work of an urban landscape. Explore media (pencil, chalks, paint), line, shape and tonal qualities to create perspective. / Vocabulary:
Tone, line, perspective, vanishing point, colour, foreground, background, shape,
Week / Objective / Activity / Resources / Cross-Curricular
1 /
  • Develop and understanding of Lowry’s work.
/ Review slides and posters of Lowry’s work. Consider drawings first. What do they have in common – simple, strong lines, strong perspective, simple shapes, often feature a road or path which helps you ‘travel’ through the picture. Consider paintings. What do they have in common – colours? Tones? How does he make things look near or far away? How does his work make you feel? Which is your favourite? Why?
Make a pencil sketch copy(s) of his pictures. Annotate its features. Review work. / Powerpoint-Presentation
Books
Posters
Postcards
Soft pencils
Rubbers
Sketchbooks / PSME : Feelings – what feelings do you get from looking at Lowry’s work.
Why does Lowry want to make you feel like that?
Assessment
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Evaluation
2 /
  • To create perspective through line and shape.
/ Quick re-visit of Lowry’s work. Demonstrate drawing a local building (displayed on whiteboard) in perspective on flipchart. Discuss vanishing point. Focus only on line and shape. Children to work on sketches in sketch book of a 3D shape then making buildings have perspective.
Peer review – what went well? How could we improve? / Sketchbooks
Soft Pencils
Charcoal
3D shapes
Pictures of Buildings and Urban scenes.
Flip-Chart
Assessment
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Evaluation
3 /
  • To create perspective through tone.
/ Re-cap last 2 weeks work. What is tone? Work in tables to find 3 objects of the same colour but different tones. How do we make different tones of the same colour? Which tones are in the foreground / background of Lowry’s pictures. Make sketches in sketchbook a 3D shape then of buildings in perspective using coloured chalks. Peer Review – what went well? Why? What could we improve on? / Sketchbooks
Pencils
Coloured Chalks
3D shapes
Pictures of Buildings and Urban Scenes.
Assessment
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Evaluation
4 /
  • To make preparatory sketch and composition of “My urban landscape”
/ Children to create a composition using their own pictures of their area / street / school. Focus on composition element: Lowry’s work often features a road or path which draws the eye. Children to sketch ideas in sketch book. Use coloured chalks or crayons when decided on composition to consider how colour and tones will effect composition – Remember Lowry’s limited colour palate and mood/feelings this creates. / Sketchbook
Coloured Chalks
Pictures of local urban scenes.
Assessment
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Evaluation
5 /
  • To produce “My urban landscape” in the style of LS Lowry.
/ Create Finished work using paints.
Self-review – what do I need to do to finish next week? How could I improve my painting? / Paint
Paper
Brushes
Water
Assessment
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Evaluation
6 /
  • To produce “My urban landscape” in the style of LS Lowry.
/ Finish work.
Peer review of work.
What do children like best about their own / others work? What could be improved? How would they change it next time? Is there a sense of perspective? How did they achieve this? / Uncompleted paintings from previous week
Paints
Water / Literacy – speaking and listening skills.
Notes
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