In this lesson, you will consider the questions ' How can an artwork capture time and place?'

Task:

• Watch the video Hanoi 2013. In groups discuss how the video captures a feeling of time and place'

• Look at the Hanoi is... illustration competition. Discuss your favourite artwork and take a screenshot and put it in your process journal. Write about what you think the work 'captures a perspective of a particular time and place.

• Think about a particular place that you have a strong emotional connection to. This might be your grandmother's house, a favourite tree you like to sit under, a corner of your own home or a favourite holiday destination. In your process journal draw a picture from your memory or from a photograph and explain how that place makes you feel, what it smells or sounds like. Explain its personal significance to you.

In this lesson, you find out about the artist Guan Wei and how he captures time and place in his work Feng Shui

Task P1: Find out about the artist

• Watch the video about Guan Wei

• Read this article Feng Shui?

Task P2: Write about the work

In your process journal answer the following :

• Who is Guan Wei?

• Write down five art terms used to describe the work Feng Shui and use them when answering the question below.

• What are the main visual features of Feng Shui? explain how the artist used colour, perspective, composition, line, abstraction style)

• What was happening at the time that influence the work? ( Context)

• What themes are communicated in this work and how are they communicated? ( clue how has the artist used narrative, imagery signs and symbols)

• How does the artwork capture a perspective of a particular time and place?'

In this lesson, you find out about the artist Edward Hopper and how he captures time and place in his work Nighthawks

Task P1: Find out about the artist

• Watch the is Video

• Read this article The Artstory

Task P2: Write about the work

In your process journal write down :

• Who is Edward Hopper

• What are the main visual features of the Nighthawks?

• What was happening at the time that influence the work?

• What themes or ideas are communicated in this work?

• How does the artwork capture a perspective of a particular time and place?'

In this lesson, you will take a closer look at contemporary artists that capture a perspective of a particular time and place.

Task P1: Whole Class activity

Look at the artists below or find your own contemporary artist that captures a perspective of a particular time and place.

• Pham Luan

• Pham Xuan Trung

• Tommy Kane

• Nguyen Tuan Dung

Task P2: In your process Journal

• Paste the image of the artwork in your process journal

• Describe the visual features of the work

• explain how the artist captures a sense of place through imagery

and aesthetic choices.

• Draw an idea that you generated from looking at the work.

In this lesson, you will collect visual resources that you will use to develop your artwork. You have the choice of taking your own photographs or selecting photos from other resources.

Task P1:Select Photos

Select four photo's that 'captures a sense of place'. Upload them to your process journal. Explaining how the imagery selected 'captures a sense of place'

Think about perspective- both physical and psychological

Option 1: Take a series of photographs that capture ‘a sense of place’ in your neighbourhood or even around your own home.

Look for scenes or objects that might be strong symbols of that place. For example, motorbikes, blue plastic chairs, a favourite coffee shop.

Take photographs from different camera angles: close up, long shot, angle shot, bird's eye view, ants eye view and panoramic.

Look for light shadow and reflection

Options 2 : For students who have not taken any photographs due to COVID 19 restrictions, you can select four images from the following

• Photographs on your own phone

• family holiday in Vietnam

• Photos from this shared folder

• Photos from the Feild trip 2018-19

• Mr Grana has given us permission to use his photo's. Instagram

• Photos around your own home ( interiors) around your neighbourhood.

• You may use images from the internet but will be required to source the image.

• Unsplash (free)
  Pixabay (free)
  Adobe Stock

• Pinterest resource

In this lesson, you will draw some of your favourite images. Next to each drawing you will explain your thinking.

Task P1:Draw Photographs

In your process journal draw 2-4 images. You can copy the image or play around with different compositions.

When selecting your photo, consider images that have something in the foreground middle ground background. Look for vertical or horizontal lines that divide the painting and guide the viewer's eyes. Look for images that have light and shadow.

You don't have to include all details you can edit your image. You can crop, explore different canvas shapes.

Task P2:Explain your thinking

• Explain what is interesting about each image and why you selected it?

• What mood or feeling is captured?

• Explain how your sketch ' captures a sense of place'

• Use art vocabulary when writing about your work

Foreground, middle ground, background cropping overlapping, symbolic close- up, bird's eye view, ants eye view light and shadow, perspective, interior, exterior

Elements of art and design—line, shape, colour, value, texture, form, and space—are organized or composed according to the principles of art and design—balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, rhythm, unity/variety

In this series of lessons, you will capture your process in our process journal

Task P1: Start painting

• Take a photograph of your work every lesson to track your progress.

• Select 6 process images of your painting and describe the decisions you made, problems you encountered and how you resolved them ( what you learnt).

• Use subject-specific terminology such as foreground, middle ground background, cropping, overlapping, balance, composition, colour pallet, outline, mid-tone, highlights, shadows detail texture, patterns, brushstroke, emphases

In this lesson, you will write about your work

Task P1 Write your Artist Statement

• Give your work a tile

• Explain why you selected the subject matter and what personal significance it has to you?

• Explain what particular perspective of Hanoi you were trying to capture in your work?

• Explain how you used signs and symbols as well as aesthetic choices to help to communicate your intentions?

• Describe how audience members might interpret your work i.e. what thoughts or feelings your work might elicit?

Task P2: Publish your work and give and get feedback

• Take a photo of final work and upload it to Padlet

• Give feedback to two other posts

Add your artwork and artist statement to class padlet

In this lesson, you will create a poster focused on one artwork that captures the perspective of a particular time and place. This can be one of the works studied or a work of your choice.

Your poster must include the following

1. A2 paper size ( or digital for Distance learning)

2. Creative presentation, clear layout with headers subheaders and useful visual diagrams.

3. Include information about the artwork/artists using the form, theme and context (FTC) framework

4. Annotate image of the artwork

5. Use of appropriate art terminology

6. An explanation of how the artwork represents a perspective of a particular time and place.

7. Citation and work cited

Useful websites visit UNIS Library Libguide

Possible artists for poster presentation

Guan Wei

Utagawa Hiroshige
David Hockney

Edward Hopper

JM Turner

Georgia O'keefe

Claude Monet

Gustave Caillebotte

This is a summative assessment

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Task: Complete the checklist to make sure you have completed all task.