Student Art and Design Work

Objectives

Key words

Teaching ideas

Homework

Timing

Draw from observation focus on composition, scale and accuracy

Natural forms, accuracy, tone, detail, scale

Starter: on  a small piece of paper  draw 3 thumbnail sketches from still-life of natural forms

Input: using viewfinders, board demonstrations, natural forms, using curved guidelines, composition

Activity: observation drawing of natural forms (Drawing Test)

Plenary: question and explain accuracy, tone and proportions/scale, composition

Draw three natural forms arranged together

1 lesson

Learn to improve drawings using tone and accuracy of scale

Ratio, scale, form (3D-shape)

Starter: compare homework in pairs and give a mark out of 6 for use of tone, composition and accuracy and take an average

Input: board examples, different types of mark-making using contour shading

Activity: draw skulls and shells from different views.

Plenary: summarize and questioning rules for drawing using tone accurately.

Draw four shells/seedpods in one arrangement, add tone to one of them

1 lesson

Draw accurately using grid method to reproduce paintings

Ukiyoe

Starter: write down four characteristics of Japanese Ukiyoe samples

Activity: use grid measured carefully to create a critical study (artists copy) use watercolour pencils and watercolours

Plenary: summarize successes and failures, evaluate

Draw from a photograph of a holiday scene, use guidelines and add colour

2 lessons

Learn the context of Japanese Ukiyoe

Japan, Block printing, wood block, collograph

Starter: double page title “Japan”

Input: show samples and discuss

Activity: stick in photographs and scenes from nature, rip images in half and complete the images with different media, pencil, pen, watercolour

Plenary: questioning which observations and photographs will make the most effective prints and why

Write a paragraph on the meaning of Ukiyoe and explain what they advertised within Japanese culture.

2 lessons

Composition, pleasing or not (aesthetics)

Design, thumbnails, scale, depth,  composition

Starter: make a list of six subjects for a Ukiyoe design

Input: example of how to use own imagery in designing a Ukiyoe

Activity: draw from observation, close up sections and combine with holiday drawing to create thumbnail compositions for own Ukiyoe designs.

Plenary: peer discussion of best to worst composition designs

Find out the meaning of collograph, write up and find two examples to draw using pencil

1 lesson

Understand the context of using nature in Japanese design

Japan, industry, spirituality

Starter: open questions-Japan

Input: write up student results and input on the board.

Activity: make an illustrated mind map of Japan with contextual information about Japan, its history and society.

Plenary: context of Japan, art and why nature is important to Ukiyoe printing

Find some examples of Japanese anime and try drawing them. Bring in card string and foil

1 lesson

Understand the process of making a collograph print

Tentative

Selection

Starter: demonstration of collograph printing

Input: make a story board of the process collograph printing

Activity: make template and coat with PVA

Plenary: design your own print template

Draw a collograph template design

2 lessons

Improve observational drawing accuracy

Section,

Detail,

Media

Starter: evaluate printing last lesson

Input: remind mistakes and how to improve from last lesson questioning Printing, roll inks in pairs

Activity: collograph printing,

Plenary:show examples of work and evaluate

Evaluate printing method

2 lessons

Be able to recognize and select successful print making technique

Print design development, understand how to imporve technique

Starter: describe the prints and select best ones for display and to mount into sketchbook

Input: presentation ideas

Activity: present and evaluate printing, complete another print if necessary. Peer marking.

Plenary: questioning on how to change /improve design, template or process (such as amount of in used)

Make another template at home for a class prin based on earlier drawings of natural forms.

1 lesson

Learn how to work as a class team

Location, form

Starter: look at homework templates.

Activity: as a class complete a large combined print based on Natural forms, seed pods and shells

Plenary: discussion about team work.

Evaluate team work.

1 lesson