Hockney Inspired Art Skills Lesson

This lesson is jam packed with the experimentation of various skills such as graphite, coloured pencil and watercoloured paint inspired by David Hockney. The lesson has all the explanations of each technique and a discussion point to start the lesson. On the worksheet, there are 30 technique prompts all together. I personally printed mine on A3 paper which gave the students more space to experiment with marks. However, you can print A4 for students who have more advanced skills developed and are able to apply marks intricately. In the ‘Graphite’ area the students are asked to use pencil and develop their knowledge of techniques such as shading, hatching, cross-hatching, short/medium/long lines, outlines etc. It will keep the students busy (if done properly) for at least two 1 hour lessons (maybe more). You can encourage the students to do their own research into each technique in pairs to extend the length of the task. At the bottom, there is a Hockney painting example which the students can recreate in different mediums. *Please note on the PowerPoint I did not recreate the Hockney painting in watercolour or coloured pencil so the students are just shown the reference image to work from.

Enjoy it!