Author: hskinner

LKS2—Art and DT—Vikings

Key Knowledge to Learn:

To learn about the life and works of artist JMW Turner.
To understand what a seascape is.
How to improve mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, and painting.
To know how a basic mechanical slingshot design works.
How to make innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose.

Key skills to do:

Research the life of JMW Turner.
Practise using watercolour paints.
Observe seascapes by Turner and use watercolours to replicate sections.
Sketch and draw a Viking longship.
Create a Turner style seascape with a Viking longship.
Investigate the mechanics of a slingshot car.
Design and make a slingshot car
Design and make a chassis that not interfere with the mechanics of a slingshot car.
Test and evaluate a slingshot car.

Words to know and spell (Tier 2 Vocabulary)
Artist / Landscape / Paint / Watercolour / Draw / wheels	Sketch / Make / Design / Test / painting	Viking / Sea / Blue / Shield / sail

Words to understand and spell (Tier 3 Vocabulary)
wash	When wet watercolour paint is brushed over wet paper
layer	When paint is put on top of another bit of paint
Turner	The surname of an artist that painted lots of seascapes
Seascape	A painting that features the sea
Observation	To look closely at something
Proportion	To judge the size accurately when looking at other parts of the picture.
Evaluate	To consider what went well and what could have been done better or differently.
Slingshot	Movement created by letting go of an elastic band that has been pulled back.
Chassis	The body/outside of a vehicle.

Concept check questions. Test yourself:

What was JMW Turner known for?
What type of paints did he use?
What does a seascape painting have to have?
What do you need to make a slingshot car?