Modern Art Movements project 4 : Expressionist style cupcake using polyprint block.

This is a Modern Art Movements project where the students make different cup-cakes in the different Art modern movement Styles and then make a cupcake stand with all the different cakes in the different styles displayed.

This is a powerpoint on the relief printing of Expressionist movement. The students use a polyprint block and make their own cupcake in this expressionist style and roll ink.

The students first need to understand the style of the project and learn what the specific characteristics of Expressionism is:
-the harsh agitated lines
-angular marks and the
-dark bright intense colour or just black and white woodcut prints of the Expressionist artists.

This is part of a project of Modern movements where students do all the different styles: Neo-impressionism, Surrealism, Cubism -etc. See the other powerpoints.

Learning Objectives:

To draw a detail of an Expressionist work or use the worksheets to colour in on Expressinism and in so doing develop an understanding of this ‘ism’

Worksheet to print off to describe the work ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch

To describe the style of Expressionism using key words.

To use the poloyprint and to make your own Expressionist black and white print of your cupcake in the style of the Expressionists.