Lesson Planning
Exploring rainforest art
Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of
Rainforests - NEW LOOK Plants and Animals in the Rainforest
Objectives
Art
- To study the layering and detail of Henri Rousseau’s rainforest art.
- To record observations about the paintings of Amazonian artist NIxiwaka Yawanawá and British artist John Dyer.
- To develop pastel techniques to create artwork featuring plants and animals living in the rainforest.
Enquiry question
How have artists represented life in the rainforest?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Use our observations and knowledge about the rainforest to extend a painting by Henri Rosseau.
- Investigate the paintings of two contemporary artists, NIxiwaka Yawanawá and John Dyer.
- Use pastels to create our own rainforest art.
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
A4 or A3 sheets of paper, sketch books or drawing paper, glue sticks, sketch and coloured pencils, oil pastels
Access to the internet, printed photographs of rainforest plants and animals, non-fiction books with photographs of the rainforest
Optional: house plants (of species that are native to the rainforest)