Lesson Four – Brush Strokes

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and practise a range of different ways of painting a landscape scene showing a type of weather using a selection of brush strokes to replicate the style of a famous artist.
The class can describe and explain how and why an artist has used brush strokes to represent a type of weather such as a rainy and windy day.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and practise a range of different ways of painting a landscape scene showing a type of weather using a selection of brush strokes to replicate the style of a famous artist
Activities in this teaching pack include a display poster to identify and describe how an artist has used brush strokes to represent a type of weather and a template to practise painting a shape using different brush strokes to replicate the style of Renoir in the artwork of the Umbrellas.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and practise a range of different ways of painting using a selection of brush strokes to replicate the style of a famous artist.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to explore the artwork style and painting techniques of a famous European artist to replicate when creating a picture of a school scene. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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