Narrative in art, Homework

Bring in a comic for next weeks lesson.

The characters must be human, or humanoid, and drawn correctly. So no Winx or donald duck comics please.

Narrative in art (continued)

So far we have looked at the work of Raphael Abeccasis, how he has used art to convey a message and tell a story.

Look for art works by the following artists to see how they have used similar techniques.

Bosch

Liechtenstein

Brugel

Grunewald

Cy Twombly

Homework.

Choose an art work by one of these artists and print it out for your sketch book. Find out what story the art work is telling.

Narrative in Art

Next term in grade 7 students will be looking at Narrative in art.

In other words how art is used to tell stories or communicate information. We will look at a variety of artists including Raphael Abecassis a well known Jewish artist who uses his art to recount tales from the bible.

Students can check out some of his work and find more information on this artist by clicking on the links below.


http://www.theartfair.com/about_artist.asp?Artist=61

http://www.safrai.com/liste.php?artist=15

Homework.

Find out what "Psalms" means.

Find the Psalm your art work is based on, either write it in or print out and stick in your work book

Find some art work by Abecassis and print for your sketch book.

Franz Marc

Grade 7 are studying the work of Franz Marc.

For more information about this expressionist painter check out this site

http://artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Narrative in art

Narrative in art. T.3

Students will examine narrative in art looking at Egyptian art, African art and the use of masks and sculpture. We will study the work of artists such as Abeccasis, Modigliani, Liechtenstein, Brugel, Cy Twombly and the work of medieval and renaissance artists who conveyed meaning and knowledge through their art.We will look at Egyptian patterns and the use of hieroglyphs.Students will learn how Australian Aboriginal Artists used form and image to recount histories.While looking at Medieval art we will make a predella and look at how these are similar to modern day Comics.Students will work towards creating a calm and cooperative classroom atmosphere.

Term 2 Expressionism.

Expressionism T.2

Students will learn about The Blue Rider group and “The Bridge”. We will concentrate on learning Painting techniques such as Using a glaze and using undercoats to create effect. We will look at colour used to convey feeling and expressing oneself through its use. Artists we will examine are Max Beckman, Franz Marc, Gabriele Munter, Wassily Kandinskey, August Macke. Students will learn how to best plan their work using the work book.

Programme of study for grade 7.



Oriental art.T.1
Students will study Chinese ,Japanese, Korean and Tibetan art. We will look at Lettering and calligraphy. We will learn Watercolour use, Landscape painting techniques and tonal perspective. We will look at how artists used Printing techniques. Students will examine the concept of “Qi” in art. We will Use oriental brushes and brush techniques. Students will look at Mask making. Elements of classroom technique we will examine are the use of the workbook as a tool for learning, how to work safely and caring for materials. Artistic elements we will study are use of line, tone, shape, form and balance .