KS3 Art Modern styles, still life student draws an object in a new style, technique.

Students learn about the Art history styles or a set of Artists and develop a project which has all of these styles in a final outcome. Different themes can be chosen as a subject which then includes all these modern art styles.

In this slide presentation - there are examples of final outcomes:
A ‘Still-life bowl’ with different fruit in different styles
An ‘Interior of a Room’ with areas of the room in different styles and
A ‘Cake Stand’ with cupcakes in different styles.

IN THIS POWERRPOINT THE THEME IS FRUIT AND EXAMPLES GIVEN IN EACH STYLE. THE OUTCOME IS A BOWL OF FRUIT.

In all of these the students combine all the styles to form a display of fruit.

The powerpoint gives an outline of a number of art movements, Futurism, De Stijl, Pop Art, German Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Fauvism and students are asked to do a different style each week with a different technique and develop an outcome.

Some of the possible outcomes are a Bowl of Fruit, an Interior of a room or a Stand of Cup Cakes.

In each of these examples students use a different technique and style to make up their final. Students can work in groups to put this together as a final presentation or can work individually to create their final outcome.

An excellent project and scheme of work for year 8 where students learn a number of skills but also learn about the Art movements and gain a deeper understanding of the story and history of Art.

The presentation gives a detailed background to each style with artist examples and each week these styles can be discussed with the class. The key characteristics of each of the movements are carefully explained so that students gain an understanding of the movement.