A KS3 ART still-life project: various different techniques, composition, rule of third, art styles

A detailed project looking at developing a Still-life project looking at composition, rule of thirds, different techniques for each object with different art styles.

Students firstly, study what is a Still-life and write up a definition for this.
Students then look at what different styles in Art before Modern Art.

Students look in detail at Dutch Still life and the Vanitas still-life.

There is also some information on the Post Impressionist artist Paul Cezanne and his style of brushwork.

A focus on what is still life?, then looking at Pop Art and what is pop Art? Students then answer questions on two Pop Artists: Michael Craig Martin and Patrick Caulfield. Students practise making a background on Pop Art in their sketchbook and answer the questions.

Students develop their own Still-life and are told to bring in objects for their Surreal mixed media Still-life and their are examples of this. Students learn to compose a layout for their still-life final using a Viewfinder and the rules of third, Fibonnacci rule to help them construct a composition. Students develop their own Still-life and are told to bring in objects for their final arrangement.

The emphasis is then to take them through different techniques with each object they brought to class. The techniques included in the project are: Wax and Scratch, Paper collage, Pop Art hard edge colours and outlines, Palette knife painting, Pencil shading and Pen drawing.

There are finally student examples of final outcomes for this project to support the outcome.