Year 8: Natural forms recapping and
extended learning – Georgia O’Keeffe and
Henri Rousseau.
Can we recall prior knowledge and use artist research
to build upon our skills and understanding of organic
art.
Name: _____________________ Class:__________________ Teacher: __________
Contents
Lesson/Resource Page Tick when
Numbers complete
Lesson 1 – quiz and recap your knowledge using literacy & 4-6
practicing basic sketching skills using tones, highlights and
shadows.
Lesson 2 – Georgia O’Keeffe. 7-9
Lesson 3 – introduction and research into the work of Henri 9-13
Rousseau.
Lesson 4 – drawing skills using tones and shading to create a 13-17
final Henri Rousseau inspired piece.
vocabulary table 2-3
Each lesson is approximately one hour long, do not rush any of the work set and always attempt
extension tasks if you can. As always, take your time and give 100% effort.
Your submitted piece is Lesson four, task two. You are expected to email a photograph of your
completed drawing task to [email protected] by Friday the 1st of May!
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Key vocabulary and concepts
Natural forms A natural form is an original
object found in nature.
Made or caused by human beings eg cars
Manmade or technology.
Relating to or coming from living things,
for example a carrot is organic because
Organic it has been grown in soil without the use
of chemicals.
The feel, appearance, or consistency of a
Texture surface. For example the texture of
paint will be different to the texture of
a table.
Composition is the placement or
Composition arrangement of work. For example how
you display your work in your sketch
book. The term ‘composition’ means
‘putting together’ and can apply to any
art work
Sketching is drawing lightly, making a
Sketching rough sketch refers to light pencil lines
mapping out your work.
Shading is adding darker areas to your
Shading drawing using a pencil, this is done by
adding pressure to create a darker line.
Perform a series of mechanical or
chemical operations. For example a pencil
processed began as wood, and went through a
process making it now a manmade object.
A gradient is often seen in drawing, it is
Gradient where shading gradually gets either
lighter or darker. Highlights - shadows.
The presence of opposites, for example
Contrast in a drawing that has both highlights and
shadows would have contrast also.
On the next page use look and cover to test your vocabulary knowledge
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Natural forms
Man-made
Organic
Texture
Composition
Sketching
Shading
processed
Gradient
Contrast
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Lesson 1 – what are natural forms and what can you remember?
Do Now – giving examples
Key words:
1. Give five examples of natural forms
Natural forms
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Man-made
2. Give five examples of manmade objects Organic
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LO: Demonstrate your understanding and recollection of natural forms, showcase
understanding of differences between natural forms and manmade objects.
Quiz time. Check your knowledge!
Name the images of products and materials we have been using - state in the box what
we used them for.
Hint: You can find all of these in the Art classroom at OADV.
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Task one – answer the questions below using your pre-existing knowledge.
1. What are natural forms?
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2. What is a man-made object?
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3. Circle all of the natural forms from the list below.
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4. Write three sentences using the word organic accurately. you may use the
internet to help you research your answer further
Task two: Sketch a natural form you would find in your garden or yard – use all the
space in the box below. You should spend 15-20 minutes
Stretch and challenge – you need to now tonal shading to your work, be brave and
add some dark tones for a realistic outcome. Remember you can add highlights to
your drawing using a rubber.
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Task three: Sketch a man-made object you would find in your garden or yard- use all
the space in the box below. You should spend 15-20 minutes
Lesson one Exit ticket – below is a word search, there is no word bank but you are
looking for eight key words.
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Key words:
Composition
Lesson 2- Georgia O’Keeffe Organic
Proportions
Do now- complete the following sentence defining composition?
Composition is the placement or ___________ of work. Composition is dependent on
the _________ you make whilst designing your work. One element of composition is
_____________, this mean to ensure everything is an accurate shape and______.
WORD BANK – size, arrangement, proportion, decisions
Task one- read the underneath information page on Georgia O’Keeffe, underline key
words or information.
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Task two- once you have read the information thoroughly you need to make your own
creative fact file about Georgia O’Keeffe. Include a sketch one of her paintings, your
fact file must be balanced and contain unity within the drawings.
Stretch and challenge – you need to research two additional facts about Georgia
O’Keefe that ARE NOT already in the writing above. You must also ensure your
fact file is decorated with designs and colours that fit her work.
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Lesson two exit ticket – List three of the eight elements of composition
Lesson 3 -Henri Rousseau
Do Now - Look at the work of Henri Rousseau below, then circle the sentence that
best describes his work.
1. Rousseau creates paintings of lots of realistic man-made objects, he uses bright
vivid colours.
2. Rousseau’s work includes lots of realistic natural forms to often make up
colourful landscape paintings.
3. The work of Rousseau includes some natural form but is lacking in colour.
LO: I can use research and creative investigation skills to become familiar with
the work of Henri Rousseau, I am able to demonstrate within my work an
understanding of how his work is related to natural forms.
Task one – Copy the link below into the internet and watch the clip that investigates
Henri Rousseau – you are expected to make notes on the space provided below.
Anywhere between 5 and 10 notes are required.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSUffeCL1HE
Or alternatively instead of copying the link search into YouTube ‘Art with Mati and Dada Henri
Rousseau’
Key words:
Landscape
Scene
Theme
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Space to make notes below.
Stretch and challenge yourself - Develop your knowledge even further! What other
relevant facts or information can you find about Henri Rousseau online? One
achievement credit per legitimate extra fact.
http://www.artforsmallhands.com/2011/04/in-style-of-henri-rousseau.html
Here is a website to get you started with your extra research.
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Task two: Below you can see a fact file along with some images of the work of
Reasseau. Using the resources provided and your research you now need to transfer
this research into a creative mindmap. I have left space below for you to create your
mindmap.
You must include the following:
one sketch of his work or a section of his work.
A decorative title/ central idea and a border – you could create a leaf border.
A minimum of five branches/ mini paragraphs of information.
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Henri Rousseau mind map.
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Lesson 3 exit ticket – have you met the success criteria? Tick off your checklist to
be sure.
Henri Reasseau creative mindmap success criteria.
I have a minimum of ten sentences branching off my mind map
A decoratvie title of the Artist’s name
I have only included relevant information and filled the space
I have a decorative border following Rousseau’s jungle theme
Discuss one thing you amended or improved within your mind map after ticking off
your success criteria slip.
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Lesson 4 –
Key words:
drawing skills and jungle creation. Decorative
Highlights
Do now – define the following words from memory as accurately as you can Shadows
Layering
Landscape-
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Sketching
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Natural forms
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Organic
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Stretch and challenge – put each word into a sentence to demonstrate accurate
use.
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LO: Demonstrate accurate sketching and drawing skills following artists themes and
references, clear evidence of recalling key concepts and ideas regarding Henri
Rousseau.
Task one: on the left of the page you can see three images of leaves, using your pencil
in the empty box next to they make a copy of what you can see. Use this gradient to
check you’ve used a range of tones whilst shading textures and shadows.
Timing: Spend 5-10 minutes on each one
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Task two: You now need to create your own jungle themed landscape/ scene. You may
choose to copy areas of Rousseau’s work onto your own to start you off. Create your
jungle scene in the space below – you either need to use pencil with a range of tones
and shades or you may wish to use. Shade in one direction only. This will be your
assessed piece to be handed in by Friday 1st of May.
stretch and challenge – can you begin to layer up your shading making darkest
areas stand out – in order to make your scene as 3D as possible add casting
shadows to the underneath of your leaves and trees to make them stand off the
page.
Assessed piece – you need to take a clear
photograph of your jungle scene and email the photograph with your name and
class to:
[email protected] 15
Henri Rousseau inspired jungle scene drawing.
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Lesson four exit ticket- evaluating your learning
If you were to redo your jungle scene what would you do again and what would you
change next time? Discuss below in full sentences.
WWW: what I would do again next time
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EBI: what I would change next time and HOW I would change it.
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