Lesson 5: Drawing: Still life

Children look at the still life artworks of Giorgio Morandi and then arrange a collection of objects in an interesting way to sketch, drawing the outlines of the objects before adding in light, medium and dark tones to their work

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Before the lesson

Learning objective

To arrange and draw a still-life image from observation

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

Create sketchbooks to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
To improve their mastery of Art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Will probably need one to one demonstration of holding the pencil, especially with lighter tones. They may need support with drawing the outlines.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be encouraged to work as accurately as possible to recreate the dark and light tones.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

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