Artist research page - Poul Beckmann Living Jewells - Natural Forms, Insects.

This a three lesson power-point based on the photographic series: Living Jewells by Poul Beckmann. It is designed to lead new GCSE students through the process of artist research, analysis and response, covering A01 & A02 criteria. Students are lead through a written analysis as well as practical colour analysis with oil pastels. Students can follow step by step instructions to draw insects from observation, using oil pastel/ chalk pastel and/or ink.
The lessons consists of: a starter challenge; objectives; step by step instruction sheets with differentiated learning outcomes, analysis questions as well as examples of answers and ‘Apex’ challenges for the most able. The lessons would fit nicely into the context of Natural Forms. Ideally these lessons can be taught with the use of taxidermy insects incased in acrylic resin, however students could work from photos.