Objects and ViewpointsSummer Term 2014

Weeks 1-5

Still life

portrayal of something inanimate: a representation of inanimate objects such as fruit, flowers, or food, often in a domestic setting, in paintings, pictures, or photographs.

Use a pen to create two drawings of your shoe.

1. One line drawing.

2. One tonal drawing.

Fill the page with your drawings.

Observational drawing

You will start this project by practising and developing your observational drawing skills.

You will draw from real objects and learn how to blend chalk pastels to create tone.

You will also practice other techniques to create tone in your drawing including cross hatch shading.

Using a pencil to shade different tones creates form.

An example of hatching

Lessons: 2

Look at the reference material. For this lesson, you will need an object

Task 1Make a blind contour drawing

Task 2Make a continuous line drawing

Task 3 Divide your page into a 4 irregular sizes and make a series of drawing studies from different viewpoints.

Use the following materials: pencil, ink and pen, charcoal and chalk and paint/colouring pencils.

Reference MaterialViewpoints: multiple perspectives A continuous line drawing:A blind contour drawing of a sandal:

A tonal pencil drawing:

Homework Assignment Make 3 blind contour drawings in your sketchbook. Use a different colour for each drawing and draw over the top of each other.

A tonal charcoal drawing:

Split an A2/A3 page up into irregular boxes and draw object:

An ink & pen drawing:

A quick sketch:

Lisa Milroy

Milroy is a contemporary still life painter known for painting everyday items such as clothes, shoes and vases in the form of collections. She uses positive and negative space, painting her subjects in formations such as grids, groups, lines, rows and columns, often on plain backgrounds.

Objects in jam jars!• Homework: Collect as many objects as you can and fill up a jam jar/clear container.

Bring this to your next lesson!

Make your own viewfinder and hold up/stick to your jar of objects

Draw what you see through the viewfinder

Once you have drawn your section of your jar of objects, use watercolour to turn the shapes into an abstract pattern

Ink & Pen TaskSketch out a couple of simplerectangles and, using a penand ink & brush, practice asmany different patterns andshapes to create doodles.Success Criteria- Try out at least 5 differenttypes of marks, avoidingrepetition- Aim to create different tonesi.e. dark, mid-tone and lightareas within the doodle.

In each box draw sections of your object jar through the viewfinder

An example of cross hatching

Still Life Hatching TaskLay out a selection of pens and pencils in front of you or objects of interest to createan interesting composition. In your sketchbook, draw the outline and then usingvarious hatching techniques to shade them in.

Using pen and ink, create your final chosen design and use pen and ink to finish

Next try using coloured pencil or different tones of the same colour

Try using oil pastels/white spirit to shade your designs

Next try to re- create one of your drawings using collage:coloured paper/magazines /newspapers

Objects and Viewpoints Summer Term 2014 Weeks 6-13

Draw out your final design onto Lino…

Cut into your lino/polystyrene and follow your design

Print your design using different coloured ink

Create prints from your lino/polystyrene onto different papers

Experiment with lino printing by mixing different coloured ink/papers, and trying layered printing

Frank Stella

Extension

Cut up some of your lino-prints and stick to card.Layer up the individual pieces to create a more dynamic , scupltural version of your original design

Other Artists…

Objects and Viewpoints

How are these artworks similar and/or different?

When were they created and by whom?

Which artwork would you rather own? Why?

VanitasIn the arts Vanitas is a type of symbolic work of art associated with Northern European still life painting.

By the 15th century these could be extremely morbid and explicit, reflecting an increased obsession with death and decay

What do the objects represent in these paintings? Which is a more recent painting?

Georgio Morandi

Avigdor Arikha

Henri Matisse

Still Life

Fauvism

This means literally, Wild beasts (in French)

Henri Matisse

Still Life

What is unusual about these paintings?

Henri Matisse

Still Life

What is unusual about this perspective?

Cubism

• Cubism: Art movement which took place in the early 20th century and was led by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and the French artist Georges Braque. The style of work produced by this movement is characterised by the aim of showing all sides of the subject matter simultaneously on a 2d surface. This method produced a geometric feel.

Key features of Cubist still life:

•Multiple view points•Shapes made angular•Use of collage, such as newspaper•Limited colour, quite earthy.

Magritte

• Lichtenstein's Comic Style Paintings• In this next project, we are interested in

applying Lichtenstein's comic style to your own still life compositions.

Homework

Levels of achievement:In year 8 you should be aiming for a level 5 or 6.

To achieve a level 5:You will use all the space on the page. You will draw out the overall shapes lightly and accurately. You will demonstrate tone by shading with areas of light and dark. The shading will stop at the edge rather than creating a noticeable outline.To achieve a level 6:

You will do all of the above and will also consider where the light is shining on the object and creating shadows or even reflections. You will be able to see at least 4 different tones as well as black and white.

Task 1: Buy your favourite sweets. Lay the sweets out on a white piece of paper and make a detailed drawing or painting of these.

Task 2: Research the work of Lisa Milroy. Use the question sheet to help answer questions about her work

Y8 HomeworkConstruct a Still Life composition (set up) of balancing objects like in the example below by artists Peter Fischli & David Weiss:

Make a full-page tonal drawing of the Still Life set up in your sketchbook.Level 4-5: create an accurate outline and add some toneLevel 6-7: Ensure you create a full tonal drawing, think about reflections should you use glass objects

Fischli and Weiss Example of a students work

Y8 HomeworkConstruct a Still Life composition (set up) of balancing objects like in the example below by artists Peter Fischli & David Weiss:

Make a full-page tonal drawing of the Still Life set up in your sketchbook.Level 4-5: create an accurate outline and add some toneLevel 6-7: Ensure you create a full tonal drawing, think about reflections should you use glass/shiny objects

Fischli and Weiss Example of a students work

Lichtenstein Style• i) Using a viewfinder, crop an area

from one of Lichtenstein's paintings and make a transcription (copy) in your sketchbook using pen.

• ii) Set up a simple still life display of 2 or 3 objects overlapping each other and make a line drawing before adding tone in the style of Lichtenstein.

Success Criteria• Use colour to highlight different

objects• Leave the lightest areas white• Use at least two different hatching

marks for the mid-tone areas

• Tonal Study Task• i) Fold and cut some small bits of paper• in half and create some interesting• origami shapes where the light and• shadow are clearly evident.• ii) Using a 2B or 4B pencil, shade in the• dark, mid-tone and light areas.• iii) Copy the outline of your drawing and• this time use different hatching marks• to apply the dark, mid-tone and light• areas.• TIP: Turn the lights off and rely on• window light only to get directional light.• Success Criteria• For the darkest areas, use• blocks of black• Leave the lightest areas• white• Use at least two different• hatching marks for the midtone• areas

Homework

1)Create a tonal strip using crosshatching.

2) Choose a fruit and draw it using cross hatching to describe the form of the fruit.

Y8 Homework• Empty your pockets and/or bag.• Arrange a still life from these objects. • In your sketchbook:

1. Create a continuous line drawing (only looking at objects not looking down)

2. Create a FULL PAGE draw from them. REMEMBER use a range of tones and different mark making techniques shown below.

Use a variety of marks to enhance image.

Scumbling Cross hatching

Random hatching

stippling

hatching

Contour hatching

• Choose at least three household objects. They can be related (eg. all kitchen equipment) or completely unrelated like the Picasso image here.

• Draw three different views of your arranged objects. Each drawing should overlap the previous one.

• Fill the different shapes that you have made with bright colour, patterns and texture.

Pablo Picasso, ‘Still Life’, 1945

Using a composition of 3 or more objects, make a drawing in the style of Roy Lichtenstein

Lessons: 1-2

Look at the reference material.

TasksIn and around the playground and main hall in NW, draw 4 points of view in your sketchbook:

• a close up tonal drawing• a distant line drawing• a drawing of an area looking down or from above• a drawing through a frame i.e. window, doorways

Some students to take photographs.

Materials: drawing boards, clips, masking tape, pencils, charcoal, rubbers, sharpeners and rulers

Reference MaterialViewpoints: drawing from the local environment

A distant line drawing:

A close up tonal drawing:

Through a frame/window:

A drawing looking down from above:

An interior one-point perspective sketch:

An exterior one-point perspective sketch:

Homework Assignment Make a full page close up tonal drawing of an object that interests you using one of the techniques described on the RHS. Also, bring in an interesting everyday objects to your next lesson.

Create a still life in the style of Matisse. Work in colour and fill up the whole page. Use paper cut outs, or coloured pencil/felt pen.

Find out about Cubism and Picasso’s early experiments with collage and still life. Present 2 pages of relevant images, and include 10 important facts. Use ICT.

Take a photo of a room in your house. Print this off A4 size. Next take some photographs of some smaller objects up close. Cut these out and collage these onto your room. Try to create a surreal image like the painting by Rene Magritte below:

Project Evaluation a) Write down at least 10 key words youassociate with this project below:b) Explain the different stages to the project?What did you do? What techniques did youuse? Imagine you are explaining to a friendhow to do this project. USe some of yourkeywordsc) What would you change if you couldre-do the project again?d) Finally, did you enjoy the project?Please explain your reasons and giverecommendations for changes wherepossible: