Making connections: Landscapes using different media

Making connections units offer an opportunity to bring the different elements of art together to create a project piece. This unit focuses on composition and working with a variety of art materials to explore texture. Based on the theme of 'The seaside', the unit can be adapted to other topics.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Composition

  • To identify the key features of a landscape.

Lesson 2: Beach textures

  • To explore different textures.

Lesson 3: Shades and colours of the sea

  • To paint using different shades.

Lesson 4: Painting over texture

  • To reproduce and apply an artist’s colour range to their own work.

Lesson 5: Beach collage

  • To create detail using controlled painting and other materials and objects.

Key skills

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Key knowledge

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Key vocabulary

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