Objects and Viewpoints
Summer Term 2014
Weeks 1-5

Still life
portrayal of something inanimate: a
representation of inanimate objects such as
fruit, flowers, or food, often in a domestic
setting, in paintings, pictures, or photographs.

Use a pen to create two drawings of
your shoe.
1. One line drawing.
2. One tonal drawing.
Fill the page with your drawings.

Observational drawing
You will start this project by
practising and developing your
observational drawing skills.
You will draw from real objects and
learn how to blend chalk pastels to
create tone.
You will also practice other
techniques to create tone in your
drawing including cross hatch
shading.

Using a pencil to shade different tones
creates form.

An example of hatching

Lessons: 2
Look at the reference material. For
this lesson, you will need an object
Task 1
Make a blind contour drawing
Task 2
Make a continuous line drawing
Task 3
Divide your page into a 4 irregular
sizes and make a series of drawing
studies from different viewpoints.
Use the following materials:
pencil, ink and pen, charcoal and
chalk and paint/colouring pencils.
Reference MaterialViewpoints:
multiple perspectives A continuous line drawing:A blind contour drawing of a sandal:
A tonal pencil drawing:
Homework Assignment
Make 3 blind contour drawings in
your sketchbook. Use a different
colour for each drawing and draw
over the top of each other.
A tonal charcoal drawing:
Split an A2/A3 page up into irregular boxes and draw object:
An ink & pen drawing:
A quick sketch:

Lisa Milroy
Milroy is a contemporary still life painter
known for painting everyday items such
as clothes, shoes and vases in the form of
collections. She uses positive and
negative space, painting her subjects in
formations such as
grids, groups, lines, rows and
columns, often on plain backgrounds.

Objects in jam jars!
• Homework: Collect as many objects as you can and fill up a jam jar/clear container.
Bring this to your next lesson!

Make your own viewfinder and hold up/stick to
your jar of objects
Draw what you
see through the
viewfinder

Once you have drawn your section of your jar of objects, use watercolour to
turn the shapes into an abstract pattern

Ink & Pen Task
Sketch out a couple of simple
rectangles and, using a pen
and ink & brush, practice as
many different patterns and
shapes to create doodles.
Success Criteria
- Try out at least 5 different
types of marks, avoiding
repetition
- Aim to create different tones
i.e. dark, mid-tone and light
areas within the doodle.

In each box draw
sections of your
object jar through
the viewfinder

An example of cross hatching

Still Life Hatching Task
Lay out a selection of
pens and pencils in
front of you or objects
of interest to create
an interesting
composition. In your
sketchbook, draw the
outline and then using
various hatching
techniques to shade
them in.

Using pen and ink, create your final chosen design and use pen and ink to finish

Next try using coloured pencil or different tones of the same colour

Try using oil pastels/white
spirit to shade your designs

Next try to re- create one of your drawings using collage:coloured paper/magazines
/newspapers

Objects and Viewpoints
Summer Term 2014
Weeks 6-13

Draw out your final design onto Lino…

Cut into your lino/polystyrene and
follow your design
Print your design using
different coloured ink

Create prints from your lino/polystyrene onto different papers

Experiment with lino printing by mixing different coloured ink/papers,
and trying layered printing

Frank Stella

Extension
Cut up some of your lino-prints and
stick to card.
Layer up the individual pieces to
create a more dynamic , scupltural
version of your original design

Other Artists…

Objects and Viewpoints
How are these artworks similar and/or different?
When were they created and by whom?
Which artwork would you rather own? Why?

Vanitas
In the arts Vanitas is a type of symbolic work of art associated with
Northern European still life painting.
By the 15th century these could be extremely morbid and
explicit, reflecting an increased obsession with death and decay
What do the objects represent in these paintings? Which is a more recent painting?

Georgio Morandi

Avigdor Arikha

Henri Matisse
Still Life
Fauvism
This means literally,
Wild beasts (in French)

Henri Matisse
Still Life
What is unusual
about these
paintings?

Henri Matisse
Still Life
What is unusual
about this
perspective?

Cubism
• Cubism: Art movement which took place in
the early 20th century and was led by the
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and the French
artist Georges Braque. The style of work
produced by this movement is characterised
by the aim of showing all sides of the subject
matter simultaneously on a 2d surface. This
method produced a geometric feel.

Key features of Cubist still life:
•Multiple view points
•Shapes made angular
•Use of collage, such as newspaper
•Limited colour, quite earthy.

Magritte

• Lichtenstein's Comic Style Paintings
• In this next project, we are interested in
applying Lichtenstein's comic style to your
own still life compositions.

Homework

Levels of achievement:
In year 8 you should be aiming for a level 5 or 6.
To achieve a level 5:
You will use all the space on the page. You will
draw out the overall shapes lightly and accurately.
You will demonstrate tone by shading with areas of
light and dark. The shading will stop at the edge
rather than creating a noticeable outline.
To achieve a level 6:
You will do all of the above and will also consider
where the light is shining on the object and creating
shadows or even reflections. You will be able to see
at least 4 different tones as well as black and white.
Task 1: Buy your favourite sweets. Lay
the sweets out on a white piece of
paper and make a detailed drawing or
painting of these.
Task 2: Research the work of Lisa
Milroy. Use the question sheet to help
answer questions about her work

Y8 Homework
Construct a Still Life composition (set up) of
balancing objects like in the example below by
artists Peter Fischli & David Weiss:
Make a full-page tonal drawing of the Still Life
set up in your sketchbook.
Level 4-5: create an accurate outline and add
some tone
Level 6-7: Ensure you create a full tonal
drawing, think about reflections should you
use glass objects
Fischli and Weiss Example of a students work
Y8 Homework
Construct a Still Life composition (set up) of
balancing objects like in the example below by
artists Peter Fischli & David Weiss:
Make a full-page tonal drawing of the Still Life
set up in your sketchbook.
Level 4-5: create an accurate outline and add
some tone
Level 6-7: Ensure you create a full tonal
drawing, think about reflections should you
use glass/shiny objects
Fischli and Weiss Example of a students work

Lichtenstein Style
• i) Using a viewfinder, crop an area
from one of Lichtenstein's
paintings and make a transcription
(copy) in your sketchbook using
pen.
• ii) Set up a simple still life display of
2 or 3 objects overlapping each
other and make a line drawing
before adding tone in the style of
Lichtenstein.
Success Criteria
• Use colour to highlight different
objects
• Leave the lightest areas white
• Use at least two different hatching
marks for the mid-tone areas

• Tonal Study Task
• i) Fold and cut some small bits of paper
• in half and create some interesting
• origami shapes where the light and
• shadow are clearly evident.
• ii) Using a 2B or 4B pencil, shade in the
• dark, mid-tone and light areas.
• iii) Copy the outline of your drawing and
• this time use different hatching marks
• to apply the dark, mid-tone and light
• areas.
• TIP: Turn the lights off and rely on
• window light only to get directional light.
• Success Criteria
• For the darkest areas, use
• blocks of black
• Leave the lightest areas
• white
• Use at least two different
• hatching marks for the midtone
• areas

Homework
1)Create a tonal strip using
crosshatching.
2) Choose a fruit and draw it
using cross hatching to
describe the form of the fruit.

Y8 Homework
• Empty your pockets and/or bag.
• Arrange a still life from these objects.
• In your sketchbook:
1. Create a continuous line drawing (only looking at objects not looking
down)
2. Create a FULL PAGE draw from them. REMEMBER use a range of tones
and different mark making techniques shown below.
Use a variety of marks to enhance
image.
Scumbling Cross hatching
Random hatching
stippling
hatching
Contour hatching

• Choose at least three household objects.
They can be related (eg. all kitchen
equipment) or completely unrelated like
the Picasso image here.
• Draw three different views of your
arranged objects. Each drawing should
overlap the previous one.
• Fill the different shapes that you have
made with bright colour, patterns and
texture.
Pablo Picasso, ‘Still Life’, 1945

Using a composition of 3 or more objects, make
a drawing in the style of Roy Lichtenstein

Lessons: 1-2
Look at the reference material.
Tasks
In and around the playground and
main hall in NW, draw 4 points of
view in your sketchbook:
• a close up tonal drawing
• a distant line drawing
• a drawing of an area looking down
or from above
• a drawing through a frame i.e.
window, doorways
Some students to take photographs.
Materials: drawing
boards, clips, masking
tape, pencils, charcoal, rubbers, shar
peners and rulers
Reference MaterialViewpoints:
drawing from the local
environment
A distant line drawing:
A close up tonal drawing:
Through a frame/window:
A drawing looking down from above:
An interior one-point perspective sketch:
An exterior one-point perspective sketch:
Homework Assignment
Make a full page close up tonal drawing of an
object that interests you using one of the
techniques described on the RHS. Also, bring
in an interesting everyday objects to your
next lesson.

Create a still life in the style of Matisse. Work
in colour and fill up the whole page. Use paper
cut outs, or coloured pencil/felt pen.

Find out about Cubism and Picasso’s early experiments with collage
and still life. Present 2 pages of relevant images, and include 10
important facts. Use ICT.

Take a photo of a room in your house. Print this off A4 size. Next take some
photographs of some smaller objects up close. Cut these out and collage these
onto your room. Try to create a surreal image like the painting by Rene
Magritte below:

Project
Evaluation
a) Write down at least 10 key words you
associate with this project below:
b) Explain the different stages to the
project?
What did you do? What techniques did you
use? Imagine you are explaining to a friend
how to do this project. USe some of your
keywords
c) What would you change if you could
re-do the project again?
d) Finally, did you enjoy the project?
Please explain your reasons and give
recommendations for changes where
possible: