Lesson One – Turner’s Paintings

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and describe some of the special painting styles and themes that were used in artwork showing different scenes by the artist Turner.
The class can suggest how Turner captured light at different times of the day in his paintings using colour shades and brushstrokes to represent a specific landscape.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and describe some of the special painting styles and themes that were used in artwork showing different scenes by the artist Turner
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe artwork that has been produced by a significant British artist that captures light at different times of the day and a table display card to explore the themes and styles in artwork produced by J M W Turner.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and describe the special painting styles and themes used in artwork by the artist Turner.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to explore how to represent different light forms and timings in artwork by emulating the painting style of a significant British artist. 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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