Lesson 1: Richard Brakenburg

Learning objective

To understand how to analyse a painting.

Success criteria

I can understand that artists tell stories or

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National curriculum

Art and design

Pupils should be

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Cross-curricular links

English

Spoken language

Pupils should be taught

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, you might want to check the children can recall: Artists use colour to create an atmosphere or to represent feelings in an artwork (e.g. by using warm or cool colours). Shapes can be used to place the key elements in a composition. Artists can use lines to control what the viewer…

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Adaptive teaching

For pupils needing extra support

Should be encouraged to express their opinions by understanding that there are no wrong answers; could have key vocabulary linked to the formal elements displayed to refer to during the discussion; could work collaboratively on a family portrait idea with another child by discussing each point from slide 2 of the Presentation: Family Portrait and create a joint plan.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should be encouraged to expand on their answers by justifying their responses and making links to the formal elements; should give detailed explanations for why they chose the elements of their family portraits; could include symbolic elements (e.g. the dog in the painting by Brakenburg) in their portrait sketches and describe their choices in their plans.

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