Art Academy - Still Life (Upper Key Stage 2)

Still Life is an Art and Design unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 9-11. The unit deepens children’s understanding of the Still Life genre within Art and Design. The package provides the medium term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation) and a knowledge organiser. Any additional resources are provided as PDFs. In addition, presentations are provided that provide knowledge about Still Life

Strands of Learning:
• Drawing
• Painting

Children learn about Still Life painting. This is delivered by considering some of the techniques that artists use when painting Still Life compositions. Children learn the techniques of; using shapes, overlapping to give depth, open or closed compositions and how value is used to create depth and the effect of light.
Children are introduced to the work of the contemporary British artist Patrick Caulfield through his Still Life compositions. The unit completes with the children creating their own compositions.

This unit of work is part of the Art Academy Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11 being developed on behalf of Carousel Education.