Unit 2: Painting
Project 2: Zoo Landscape Painting
In this project you will paint your zoo sketch.
Project 1: Fruit-animal
In this project you will combine two complete different objects and make one new creation.
Criteria:
Criteria:
- combine an animal with a fruit, vegetable or another object of your choice (needs to be approved with teacher)
- you cannot copy an example form the Internet
Project #2: Edward Munch "The Scream"
Expressionism is the personal representation of the artists’ perspective on life with emphasis on emotions and often depicted with expressive lines and simple representational images. Expressionism is an art history movement founded in Germany in the early 20th century.
Expressionism was developed in Germany in the early 20th century prior to World War One. The movement spread form the visual arts to literature and was even seen in drama. During this period new ideas in philosophy and psychology were in fashion, which fueled the trend towards visual representation of individual angst.
Reality is distorted to express the artist’s emotional perspective. Images often appear childlike or simple with bright colors and expressive lines. Expressionist artists were influenced by African art and the works of Van Gogh. Edvard Much’s “The Scream” was also a major influence for early expressionists. It is considered to have inspired the movement.
Expressionism was developed in Germany in the early 20th century prior to World War One. The movement spread form the visual arts to literature and was even seen in drama. During this period new ideas in philosophy and psychology were in fashion, which fueled the trend towards visual representation of individual angst.
Reality is distorted to express the artist’s emotional perspective. Images often appear childlike or simple with bright colors and expressive lines. Expressionist artists were influenced by African art and the works of Van Gogh. Edvard Much’s “The Scream” was also a major influence for early expressionists. It is considered to have inspired the movement.

“The Scream” is the nickname for a series of similar works done by Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910 most done in pastel and a few are black and white lithographs. The image represents a moment in time, captured during an evening walk. Munch had the overwhelming sensory feeling of nature screaming out in agony on that walk. The impression was due to the modern destruction of nature through industrialization. Munch explored this image of nature’s agony in many pictorial variations.
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Project #1: Flower Painting Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."
-Georgia O'Keeffe
-Georgia O'Keeffe
In this project you will research about the artist Georgia O'Keefe (1887– 1986) and become aware of her style of painting flowers. After your research, you will paint a flower on canvas in style of Georgia O'Keefe.
Task #1: Research about the artist Georgia O'Keefe
In your sketchbook create a mind map including the following information:
Task #2: Flower Painting on Canvas
Assessment Criteria
Task #1: Research about the artist Georgia O'Keefe
In your sketchbook create a mind map including the following information:
- Name of artist
- birth date and place
- Short biography
- Art style, examples of masterpieces
- Include a picture of the artist and at least three pictures of her art work
Task #2: Flower Painting on Canvas
- Print out two different pictures of flowers from the Internet and include them in your sketchbook
- In your sketchbook make a quick sketch of a flower inspired by the style of Georgia O'Keefe
- When your sketch is approved by the teacher, start your painting on canvas
Assessment Criteria
- Sketchbook includes mind map, two pictures of real flowers, sketch of flower
- Canvas painting: Close up painting of flower, colour layering to show value and details of petals & centre of flower (stigma, pistil) use of vibrant colours, contrast between flower painting and background