Barbara Hepworth (I)

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Meet the Artists Sculptors

Objectives

Art and Design

  • Develop techniques, including control and use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art.
  • Improve mastery of sculpture techniques with a range of materials.
  • Learn about great artists in history.

PSHE

  • Identify and express feelings in different ways.
  • Use a broadening vocabulary to express good feelings.

Lesson Planning

Delve into the amazing world of Hepworth’s sculpture and explore her influences and form. Link her abstract work to her local landscape and idealisms before planning and sketching ideas for your own sculpture.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To explore the sculpture of Barbara Hepworth.
  • To interpret a landscape into an abstract sculpture.
  • To draw negative 3D images.
  • To identify a preferred landscape and reflect on why it evokes happy emotions.

Children will:

  • Explore the art of Hepworth, identifying key techniques, style and influences.
  • Link examples of Hepworth’s abstract and modernist sculpture to beautiful landscapes and idealisms.
  • Identify their own idealisms and ‘perfect’ preferred landscapes.
  • Sketch a plan for an abstract sculpture that reflects their chosen landscape, using negative drawing.

Provided Resources

  • Sculpture questions
  • Sculptural landscape challenge
  • Influences chart
  • Negative drawing
  • Sample landscapes

You Will Need

  • Drawing pencils (2B)
  • Sketchbooks