Still -life drawing project with a study of Art before Modern Art and of Pop Art.

This is a full unit of work on Still life. It starts with an appreciation of what was before there was Modern Art and students draw a mindmap in their book.

There is a wealth of pictures of still-life objects to draw from so teachers can just copy the slides for students to work from.

Students will need to do a mark-making exercise in pencil and pen and complete two drawings of the objects.

Students then look at how to use chalk and charcoal on black paper and do a study of Still-life in the Dutch era by looking at the ‘vanitas still-life’s’ and do a skull drawing using the chalk and charcoal. Students will also need to practice markmaking in this technique.

Students then go on to look at Pop Art and what happened with the development of photography and the influence of this consumer style on the art world. There is a study of Pop Art and students will be able to have an opportunity to look at what makes up Pop Art. The students need to make up a Pop art style, coloured collage in coloured paper or use felt tips to create an object in Pop art style.

There is on this powerpoint a wealth of objects for students to draw from and this can be printed off for students.

Finally students put this together into a finished still life arrangement and there are lots of student examples for you to use.

I hope you enjoy this project.