RIC-6584 Exploring Visual Art (Upper)

Flower art
DURATION
Two lessons
TASK
Make a print of a vase of flowers using various paper tubes dipped in black paint; use
coloured dye to paint the completed print.
Materials
✓✓ reference pictures of still life of vases
of flowers
✓✓ thick strips of card
✓✓ paper tubes of various sizes
✓✓ black paint
LESSON 1
1. Look at various artworks depicting
vases of flowers as still life subject
matter by artists such as Vincent
Van Gogh and Margaret Preston. The
students use these reference pictures
to assist them to create their own
artwork.
2. Dip thick card strips into black paint
and use the edge to create a print of a
vase. Draw a line to represent the table
top just above the bottom of the vase.
3. Use the card strips and paper tubes to
create pattern prints on the vase.
4. Print the stems coming out of the
vase and use paper tubes to create
flower heads and petals. Squeeze round
paper tubes at the edges to make leaf
shapes. Leave print to dry.
Evaluation
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cartridge paper
brushes
water and containers
edicol dye
Lesson 2
Paint the finished print in bright colours
using edicol dye. The students may
also paint the background if they wish.
This looks most effective if a colour is
chosen that has not been used for the
flowers or vase.
Arts ideas Arts skills and processes Arts responses Arts in society
• Develops ideas from
stimulus material.
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Low Resolution Images
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• Uses effective
printing techniques
to create an image.
• Evaluates own work
and that of others.
• Discusses the use
of flowers as still
life subjects in art.
• Discusses how
some artists have
used flowers as
subject matter.
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