Author: Toot Hill School

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Year 7 Homework Project: Colourful Landscapes

George Braque

Hundertwasser

Andre Derain

Anne Garney

Easier

Harder

Task 1: Front cover
Create a ‘colour collage’ for your front cover, cut out colours from magazines– it could be all one colour or a variety of colours. If you want to be really clever the colours could merge from light blue to dark blue etc. On your collage page include the following:
Title– The name of the artist you have chosen to research.
Your class name (7a, 7b, 7c or 7d)
Your name– VERY important!!
Try to make your front cover as exciting and as eye catching as possible.

Extension task: Create a contents page– again think about making it creative with different lettering, fonts and colours.

Task 2: Researching your chosen artist– choose an artist from the list above
Answering the questions below write a paragraph about the artist you have chosen to research. The title should be your artist’s name and you need to include at least three images of their colourful landscape work.
When were they born?
What type of materials did they use?
What sort of work did they create?
What were their interests/influences?
Why did you choose to look at this artist?
What do you like about their work? (write at least one sentence)

Colourful, Bold, Expressive, Simple, Composition, Composed, Contrast(ing), Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, Texture, Tone, Pattern, Bright, Detailed, Realistic, Distorted, Lively, Subtle, Muted, Emotive, Mood, Rough, Smooth, Pigment, Form, Line, Abstract, Animated, Brushstrokes.

Task 3– Photography
Take at least 6 good quality photographs of landscapes and present them as part of your project.
These could be local or somewhere else.
They can be cityscapes or landscapes in the countryside.
Try to have something in the foreground (front of the image) to make it more interesting.

Task 4– Response
Using one of the photographs you took in task 3, create a piece using the style of your chosen artist.
Draw out your landscape and it must be A4.
Add colour to your landscape, you can use whatever material you want but NO FELT TIPS! If you don’t have materials at home then borrow some from me in study support.
Add tone and blending to make your piece more 3D.

Extension task: Using four of your photographs from task 3, edit them on a basic photo editor programme or Photoshop if you have it. Change the hue and saturation of each one so that the colours become abstract and exaggerated. Present them as part of your project.

Task 5: Writing about your work
Write a paragraph about your work answering the following questions:
Do you think your photographs taken in task 3 were successful? Which do you feel was the most successful and why?
Which photograph was your least successful? Why?
Do you think your piece in task 4 reflected the style of your chosen artist?
What was successful about it?
What could you have done to make it better?

Projects must be presented on A4 paper as they will be presented in your books after they have been marked.
Homework projects due in……………………………………………..
Good luck! :-)