Art Knowledge Organiser Year 8 Term 1 Drawing

Art Knowledge Organiser –Year 8 Term 1. Drawing AO 1 Developing idea-Thought shower, artist research AO 2 Using Resources- testing out ideas/media AO 3 Recording ideas-photos and drawings AO 4 Making a personal response- final ideas Keywords: Contrast Pattern Colour Dia de los Meurtos Festival Shape Day of the Dead Proportion Texture Tone Form Composition Observation Images used: Sugar skulls, Flowers, Marigolds, Balance candles, Gifts, hearts, swirls, bright colours, black, skeletons. Mark making Happy event celebrated with food, drink and Crosshatch parties. Celebrating and remembering the loss of life and Dash the love they had for each other. Blending Mexican foods- Chilli, sour cream, guacamole, Shade tortilla, Jalapenos, salsa. Directional Gifts Festival celebrated Flowers October 31 st – Oil pastel November 2 nd Symmetry Mexican Artist Films to watch: Coco The Book of Life Frida Kahlo 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired Artist: Jose Guadalupe Posada Face Painting by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Artist Frida Kahlo was considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlolater became politically active and married fellow communist artist Diego Rivera in 1929. Heather Galler inspired by Fida Kahlo-colourful folk art style Techniques: Dry print Mono print Duplicate Sgraffito Collage Tonal drawing

Cold Questions. HOT QUESTIONS. What is the day of the dead festival? What country celebrates this festival? Name an artist famous from Mexico? Where is Mexico? What is a sugar skull? Name some patterns used on the skull What are the colours used? What is the film Coco about? What is the film Book of Life about? Name some of the main characters. What type of foods do they eat in Mexico? Who is Frida Khalo? What is a dry print? What does the word symmetry mean? What does sgraffito mean? Describe the artist Posadas work. Description of this piece of work in depth in pairs: Content- what is in it? What's happening? Mood-how do you think she is feeling? Form- what shapes and details are there? Describe to a partner how you think you could prepare a Mexican buffet. Tell your partner about the film Coco and Book of Life- what exactly happens in it? What are the moral of the story? If you where going to face paint your partners face how would you do it, think about the shapes, colours, layering of paint. How much do you think you could charge for it at a school fair? What do you think Mexico looks like? What about the houses and types of people and music do they have? What is their language?