Yeah look, it’s another pun, this topic is about impressionism #sorry,Notsorry
Any way, achievement standards and all that…
Achievement Standards:
Yr 7 / 8: students identify and analyse how other artists use visual conventions and viewpoints to communicate ideas and apply this knowledge in their art making. They evaluate how they and others are influenced by artworks from different cultures, times and places.
Yr 9 / 10: students evaluate how representations communicate artistic intentions in artworks they make and view. They evaluate artworks and displays from different cultures, times and places.
Again, big focus on ‘what is this’, ‘what is it about’, ‘how can I use it in making my own art’ – the ‘it’ this week is impressionism.
Impressionism:
Key points:
- Bright, bold colours
- Capturing life and what we observe (an impression of something)
- Bold brush strokes (emphasis not so much on ‘being neat’, but giving an impression. Utilised varying types of strokes, including dots). They often painted thickly and used quick (and quite messy) brush strokes. In most of the paintings before impressionism you can’t really see the brushstrokes at all.
- En Plein Air – aka lets all paint outside and explore light
Can I bring my own interests into impressionism?
Yep, of course. I’ve included a bunch of images below that explore impressionism based on y’alls interests:
Task for Growing Unerstanding:
Lets get creative – pick a subject:
- Go outside and paint a pond…a tree…a car you like (Spotto, I win)… a duck…maybe some random person (and totally pull awkward faces at them…no don’t do that, it’s a joke as I’m sure you realise).
- Pick an anime character and recreate them
- Pick a graffiti piece or tag and recreate
- Paint yourself or a friend, or the teachers / staff (go on, I dare you, i’ll even hang it in the foyer)
If the creating part isn’t your bag, read on…
1860s – American Civil War
1870s – Franco – Prussian War
I’ve included below some art work examples of both wars that incorporate impressionism. I’d like you to be able to address the following questions:
- What were the key features / motivations / attributes of the war (pick one)
- What were some key battles, and what are the statistics relating to this?
- How did impressionistic art / techniques convey a different historical lens or feel to war, compared to art from a classical / traditional style (See examples below)
Muliyan 