Welsh Art – Landscapes
Teachers’ Notes
This unit enables pupils to study and discuss landscape pictures by Welsh artists Sir Kyffin Williams, Peter Prendergast and Graham Meredith. Pupils then undertake a printmaking project based on the work of Sir Kyffin Williams and Peter Prendergast.
National Curriculum Links
The unit covers: Art, design, 2D, individual work, line, colour, pattern, printmaking, discussion, artists and their work.
Aims
· To produce work in reaction to the local environment and the work of Welsh artists including Sir Kyffin Williams and Peter Prendergast.
· To explore various printmaking techniques to develop their own work .
Objectives
· To learn about different artists' styles and techniques.
· To learn to look at and draw the landscape, in different materials, using various marks.
· To learn to develop ideas into various media e.g. line drawings to printing blocks to final print.
Understanding
· Analyse, compare, contrast and evaluate their own work and that of other artists, using their knowledge to enrich and inform their work.
· Explore the diverse ways that artists work.
· Extend their work, methods and results of their investigation, modifying and refining their work through discussion and reflection.
Making
· Identify and work with the visual elements of art in the making of images.
· Explore and experiment with materials, images and ideas.
· Experience a wide range of techniques and media to realise their ideas.
Investigating
· Develop specific skills for recording from experience, observation, memory and the imagination, using a variety of media.
· Explore and use a range of reference material and resources to establish and develop ideas or themes.
· Keep a sketch book to record information and ideas, to initiate and support independent work.
File / Content / Suggestions for uselandscape.ppt / Power Point presentation. Information about artists and paintings, questions to prompt discussion, starting points or practical work. More pictures for discussion and reference / With whole class on interactive whiteboard
worksheet1.doc
worksheet2.doc
worksheet3.doc / Pupil worksheets / practical printmaking work making monoprints
Evaluation1.doc
Evaluation2.doc / Pupil worksheets / Evaluation of practical work
Discussing Art with Pupils
When looking at art we should concentrate on the line, shape, colour, texture, pattern and form within the work as well as the content. It is possible to work out what the artist is attempting to say through technique as well as through the title or the subject of the work. In each work we see various styles and techniques, each of which says something about the feelings and influences of the artist. Pupils could be asked to:
· Describe: e.g.
What kinds of things do you see in this picture?
What words would you use to describe this picture?
How would you describe the lines? The shapes? The colours?
How would you describe the place depicted in this painting?
· Relate :e.g.
What does the picture remind you of?
What things do you recognise in this picture?
What do these two paintings have in common? How are they different?
(How) does this picture differ from real life?
· Analyse: e.g.
Which objects seem closer to you? Further away?
What can you tell me about the colours used in this painting?
How do think the artist made this work?
What do you think is the most important part of this picture?
· Interpret: e.g.
What title would you give this picture?
Pretend you are inside this painting, what does it feel like?
Why do you think the artist made this picture?
· Evaluate: e.g.
What do you think is good about this painting? What is not so good?
Why do you think other people should see this work of art?
What do you think is worth remembering about this picture?