Research and photograph a local landmark
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can research and respond to a local landmark
Key learning points
- Research is a personal process for each artist, and reflects their unique way of exploring and creating.
- Responding to a subject is not just about visually representing it, but about expressing a personal reaction to it.
- Artists can return to a subject, to approach it in different ways or with different materials.
Keywords
Research - a process to deepen an artist’s understanding of a subject
Respond - a personal reaction to something
Subject - the thing an artwork is mainly about
Common misconception
Responding to a subject is making a copy of it.
Remind children that responding to an artwork means reacting to it, rather than just reproducing it.
Teacher tip
Ensure that children have a wide range of resources and materials available for them to choose from for this lesson, including images of their choosen landmark.
Equipment
Images of landmarks (these could be local to your area), pencils, charcoal, watercolour paint, collage materials, drawing pens, glue.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? Composition is only important if you're taking a photograph of a person.
Q2.What is a "landmark"?
Q3.When taking a photograph of a local landmark, what should you focus on?
Q4.True or false? Landmarks are always human-made.
Q5.What is an important thing to think about when composing a photograph of a local landmark?
Q6.In this image, it is to see the subject as the photographer is facing towards the sun.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.The research of every artist will look and be personal to them.
Q2.Match the different types of research with the description:
finding facts or information to deepen understanding of the subject
the shapes, colours, lines, tone, patterns and textures of the subject
exploring different materials to represent their subject
Q3.True or false? A landmark is always human made.
Q4.Select all that apply. Artists can respond to an artwork in lots of different ways including:
Q5.True or false? Responding to a subject is copying the subject as it is.
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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