Year 9 - Cubism Unit

( if you miss the lesson for any reason you should still complete both classwork and homework)

Lesson 1

Classwork : Watch the ‘A Simple Introduction to Cubism’ video below. Students to start the 'Portraits and Cubism' Cover Page on the first page of sketchbooks. Lettering should be in a cubist style using colour pencil and fine liner. Adding pictures to the title page is optional.

In the last part of the lesson students will self-assess their Gargoyle Drawing Test, and also complete the Gargoyle Self-Assessment Label.

Example Work (Secure - to Excellence +)

Homework: No homework as sketchbooks will be collected to assess the Gargoyle Unit of Work.

Lesson 2

Classwork : Students watch the ‘Portraits and Cubism Headings - Excellence and Above’ video below. They then complete the 'Portraits and Cubism' Cover Page on the first page of sketchbooks. Photographs will also be taken of students during this lesson for the portrait aspect of the unit.

Homework: Complete the 'Portraits and Cubism' Cover Page. Students should look closely at the ‘Portraits and Cubism Headings - Excellence and Above’ video.

Lesson 3

Classwork : Students watch the ‘An Introduction to Cubism’ video below and answer the questions on the ‘Introduction to Cubism Questionnaire’. Then stick the questionnaire neatly onto the second and third pages of sketchbooks.

Homework: Using 2 sketchbook pages start students to write up the information on 'What is Cubism?'. Students will also have the next lesson, and homework, for this task and should be aiming to improve the quality of presentation quality in comparison to the Land Art research task from Year 8.

Only use the information from the video and questionnaire, as well as your own opinions, and pictures (from TASK 1 of the ‘Cubism Research Handout’). No internet research is accepted except a 'definition' of Cubism that you might like to include.

Presentation is worth half of the marks so make certain it is at least as good as your Land Art Research. Below is a plan of how the video information might be split up and laid out over two pages, but that is up to you.

Remember we said that it would be very difficult to achieve a ‘Secure’ mark on just two pages without flap-outs. We also said that 10 pictures would be a good target to include. Here are the suggested pictures we discussed in class. These took less than 10 minutes to find on Google and paste into PowerPoint for printing.

Boys without access to a printer can email me one page of colour prints using the A4 Powerpoint Printing Template below. The pictures need to fit into the spaces left in sketchbooks, so please ensure pictures are measured accurately using the the rulers on the template.

Lesson 4

Classwork : Students continue to write up the information on 'What is Cubism?' over two sketchbook pages, following the guidance given in the last lesson. We will also recap on the 10 most appropriate pictures shown in the video, that can be included in the 'What is Cubism?' work.

Homework: Students completed the information on 'What is Cubism?' Students should aim to improve the quality of presentation in comparison to the Land Art research task from Year 8. The are 4 student examples below for reference.

Lesson 5

Classwork : Students watch the ‘Analytical Cubism Portrait 1’ video below and then draw the outline and structure of their analytical style self-portrait. Student have already been given self-portrait photographs and tracing paper.

Next lesson students will start to add colour using colouring pencils.

Homework: Students complete the self-portrait outline in the style of Analytical Cubism ’ as described in the video above. Also bring in a good selection of colouring pencils for the next lesson.

Lesson 6

Classwork : One half of the class will spend the next 2 lessons (Lessons 6 & 7) adding colour to the self-portrait in the style of Analytical Cubism. These students will watch the ‘Analytical Cubism Portrait 2’ video below and then start to add colour, using colouring pencil, to their Analytical style self-portrait.

The other half of the class will spend the next 2 lessons (Lessons 6 & 7) producing a Cubist style portrait on the computers. Follow the link below to access these 2 lessons.

Homework: Complete adding colour to about half of the Analytical style self-portrait.

Lesson 7

Classwork : Students continue to add colour using colouring pencil to their Analytical style self-portrait. Student should look again at the different standard examples of work shown at the end of the ‘Analytical Cubism Portrait 2’ video in Lesson 5, as well as the examples below.

Students working on the computers should again use the link shown in Lesson 5 to follow the lesson and homework for producing a Cubist style portrait on the computers.

Homework: Complete adding colour to the Analytical style self-portrait. It is optional to add a background.

Lesson 8 & 9

Classwork : This is now a swap-over lesson.

The half of the class that has produced an Analytical Cubist style self-portrait using colour pencil will swap to working on the computers. All information for this work can be found by following the link below.

The half of the class that has completed the Cubist style portrait using the computers will complete their Analytical Cubist style self-portrait using colour pencil as described on sacart in Lessons 6 & 7.

Homework: See lessons 6 & 7 above.

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