LKS2 Topic: Meet the Artists Block A Overview: Painters
Meet Frida Kahlo, L. S. Lowry and Joan Miró, three world-class painters whose techniques and subject-matter will inspire and teach your children to create their own stunning artworks. Having learned about the lives and techniques of three very different artists, children will paint self-portraits, urban landscapes and abstract works under their influence.
Learn about the stages of making a painting, including developing your ideas, sketching compositions and figures, deciding what symbolism to include, and applying paint in a variety of ways (and not just with brushes!) to achieve different visual effects. You will cover Art & Design as well as PSHE objectives.
Block A: Painters[5 sessions] / Main outcomes: Art & Design
Other outcomes: PSHE
By the end of this block children will achieve the following outcomes: / · Develop techniques, including control and use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.
· Improve mastery of drawing and painting techniques with a range of materials [including pencil, charcoal and paint].
· Learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.
· Create sketchbooks to record observations.
· Identify and express feelings in different ways.
· Use a broadening vocabulary to express both good and not so good feelings.
Session 1: Art & Design and PSHE
Frida Kahlo (I)
Explore the remarkable portraiture of Kahlo and identify how she reflects her own personality and feelings in her paintings. Bring your own ideas for a self-portrait together. / · Explore the style and influences of artist Frida Kahlo.
· Identify the key elements of Kahlo’s portraits that relate to her feelings.
· Plan the main elements of their own self-portrait that represents personal feelings from a given time.
· Sketch an outline of their own self-portrait in charcoal.
Session 2: Art & Design and PSHE
Frida Kahlo (II)
Join a master class as you practise the techniques of portraiture and the types of brushstrokes used with oils and acrylics. Create your own self-reflecting, self-portrait masterpiece, using Kahlo’s style and technique as an influence. / · Explore fine brush techniques using a variety of brushes and paint washes.
· Practise portraiture painting techniques using oils or acrylics.
· Paint a self-portrait using Kahlo’s style, techniques and approach as an influence.
· Write a diary entry to accompany the portrait that explains any symbolism and related feelings.
Session 3: Art & Design and PSHE
LS Lowry (I)
Explore the detailed paintings of Lowry and identify how society and emotion was reflected in his paintings. Identify the social interactions in your playground as you plan and sketch your own urban landscape. / · Explore the art of Lowry, identifying key techniques, style and influences.
· Investigate the painting of crowds in Lowry’s work.
· Identify the key social interactions that happen in the playground (recorded in diary form).
· Sketch an outline of a playground urban landscape.
Session 4: Art & Design and PSHE
LS Lowry (II)
Explore the techniques Lowry used as well as the limited colour palette he adopted to create his paintings, as you paint your own playground urban landscape using his style and technique as an influence. / · Practise painting techniques to create the human form and buildings, using oils/acrylics.
· Use a 5 colour palette to create a painting.
· Paint a playground urban landscape using Lowry’s style, techniques and approach as an influence.
· Write a diary entry outlining social interactions and feelings from the perspective of one of their painted characters.
Session 5: Art & Design and PSHE
Joan Miró (I)
Discover the imaginative and wide-ranging work of Miró and explore the abstract nature of his painting. Identify the ways in which ideas and emotions can be represented in abstract art and experiment with some ideas of your own.
There is a second session on Miró, as a sculptor, in Block B. / · Explore the art of Miró, noting key techniques, style and influences.
· Explore how ideas and emotions can be expressed through abstract art.
· Create a series of experimental paintings.
Resources
Session 1
Provided: Kahlo PowerPoint; Meet the Artists photos; Images of contents of two bags; Painting descriptions & background; Influences chart & colour symbolism; Sketching guidance.
You will need: 2 bags with objects as in images; ‘Canvases’ & charcoal; Photo of each child.
Session 2
Provided: ‘Guess the paint’ images; Brush stroke skills guidance; Portrait painting guidance; Skin tone colour guidance; Kahlo’s colour descriptions.
You will need: Acrylic or water-based oils; Range of paint brushes.
Session 3
Provided: Painting links; Painting images; Influences chart.
You will need: 2B pencils and sketch books.
Session 4
Provided: Lowry’s 5 colour palette; Guidance for: gradient blending, scumbling, and painting the human form; List of range of painting tools.
You will need: Acrylic or water-based oil paints; Range of painting tools & brushes; Painting paper or board.
Session 5
Provided: Miró art links; Comments slips; Miró photograph and quote; Influences chart; List of ‘experimental’ materials and methods; Examples of artwork.
You will need: Range of ‘experimental’ materials.
Useful websites for background information
Frida Kahlo
https://www.fridakahlo.org/
https://www.biography.com/people/frida-kahlo-9359496
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kahlo-frida.htm
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/frida-kahlo
L.S. Lowry
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/l-s-lowry-1533
https://www.thelowry.com/events/ls-lowry
https://www.thelowry.com/uploads/1764522975-11-11-2016-10-51-26.Teachers_Resource_Pack.pdf
Joan Miró
https://www.fmirobcn.org/en/colection/catalog-works/joan-miro/paintings http://www.theartstory.org/artist-miro-joan.htm
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joan-miro-1646
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