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SKETCHING
ART & DESIGN WORKSHOP ON TREES: LEADERS NOTES
PRESENTATION
Guided tour round rural location, paying particular attention to trees/woods. Guided tour around the Exhibition with particular reference to the Enchanted Wood. Using the "mood board" on Trees as a resource draw attention to shape, line and form. Ask lots of questions about trees. What colour is the trunk? How thick are the branches? The twigs? Is there a texture on the bark?
Strand 5-14
- Investigating visually and recording.
- using the visual elements.
- Observing.
Outcome 1 Using materials and techniques, skills and media.
APPLICATION
The group would be shown how to sketch as opposed to drawing, and also how to visually describe the structure of a tree. They would be given a time limit of 10m - 15 minutes to complete this section.
Practise drawing using the point of the pencil. Vary the pressure put on the pencil, this will give lighter or darker tones. Now practise drawing using the edge of the pencil. Again vary the pressure put on the pencil to create different tones. Do not lean too heavily!
Place the paper on something textured (a piece of wood or stone for example) and use the edge of the pencil to create texture on your drawing.
This is called "frottage". Pupils could practise these techniques in the border of their paper.
Strand 5-14
- Creating
- observing
- collecting information
Outcome 2. Using materials and techniques, skills and media. Expressing ideas.
AIM
Designing. Each pupil has to take their drawing and trace it. (less able pupils could be given visuals at this stage to work from).
Working within a given dimension, pupils could repeat their tree design. They could stylise it and simplfy it thinking about shape, line and structure.
Their aim is to produce a design for a greetings card using trees as their motif.
Strand 5-14
- Creating and Designing
- Communicating and presenting.
Outcome 2. Expressing ideas, thoughts and solutions.
OUTCOME
Each individual in the class should have produced a small greetings card with a tree as a motif (see illustrations). Areas of the card should be cut out. Layers of alternative papers e.g. tissue, tracing, metallic could be added behind or on the trees.
These cards could have messages written inside them pertaining to the exhibition.
Strand 5-14
- Creating
- Observing
- Reflecting
- Describing and responding.
Outcome 3 Evaluating and Appreciating.
NOTES FOR TEACHERS
AIMS & OUTCOMES
- It would be useful to give younger pupils paper which has a border already photocopied onto it.
- Creating artwork as a response to visual stimuli.
Measuring, cutting, planning, working to scale, working within a given shape. - Organising, observing, evaluating.
- Further Lesson plans and notes available.