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Art and design

Lesson 4: Guernica 2 – Pablo Picasso (Original scheme)

Continuing with their 'Guernica' inspired compositions from last lesson, children apply paint in tones of black, white and grey, standing back from their work at regular intervals to ensure that they maintain balance in their piece.

Before the lesson

Learning objectives

  • To produce a finished piece of art

National curriculum

  • Pupils should be taught to develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design
  • 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]
  • About great artists, architects and designers in history

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: For those struggling to paint neatly within the lines, use masking tape to tape off on the line and paint to this.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Could include patterns within areas – look at Picasso’s use of lines to denote the horse’s hair in the original painting, or the detailing in the hair.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Simon Chubb,  
Art and Design specialist
Simon is a teacher, cartoonist and artist. He uses his 25 years of experience to teach art in schools and has his own workshop business ‘Scartoons’ in which children create comic characters and strips. Simon is a member of The…
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