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This
project takes the painting 'Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)' by Henri Rousseau as a
starting point.
The project
was originally developed for a Primary school that only had access to
limited image manipulation software (Adobe Photo DeLuxe). However, it can
easily be adapted for other software and with different paintings as a
focus.
Take One
Picture
is the National Gallery's countrywide scheme for primary
schools and is an inspirational starting point for cross curricular
projects based on a selected painting:000
http://www.takeonepicture.org.uk/index.html
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Resources
Take
a picture
....
Download an animated PowerPoint presentation about Rousseau.
The
presentation aims to encourage visual literacy through a model that can be
applied to any painting, although the focus is on a specific work. It
examines what a reproduction of a painting can and can't tell us, followed
by a web search with answers, and some facts about Rousseau's life and
work. It was designed for key stage 2 pupils, but is suitable for lower
key stage 3 too. Other
resources: an
interactive whiteboard lesson for KS3 or 4 pupils on Visual Literacy with downloadable
Flipcharts.
[887 KB]
Geoff Fisher of
Beaconsfield High School in Buckinghamshire has contributed these digital
postcards manipulated
by some of his Year 7pupils in Photoshop Elements:
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Digital
postcard
How
to make a digital postcard, putting yourself in a painting and adding
text.
Although the tutorial uses Adobe PhotoDeLuxe, the same steps can be
followed in other image-editing programs and with other pictures.
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Rousseau:
Jungles in Paris
Tate
Modern London
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/rousseau/default.shtm
Rousseau's
visionary jungle paintings were inspired by regular visits not to
tropical forests in distant lands, but to the Paris Zoo and Botanical
Gardens, complemented by illustrated books and postcards. These
urban jungles
were brought to life by the vivid
imagination of the retired Customs Officer. His paintings were
laboriously and systematically executed from top to bottom and took
months to complete, with many of
the jungle scenes containing over 50 different shades of green. Although he died a pauper,
Rousseau's primitive style and
unique naïve vision inspired many of the influential modern artists of
his time like Picasso and the surrealists René Magritte and Max Ernst.
The Tate exhibition was the first of his work in this country for 80 years.
NGA
Washington Kids' Zone
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/
The recent
Tate Modern show Jungles in Paris opens next month across the
Atlantic at
the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. The NGA have added a new
Shockwave interactive game to their collection of utterly engaging activities: art
you can make online - for children (and adults ...) of all ages. Create
an imaginary landscape inspired by the jungle paintings of Henri
Rousseau. "Mix and match the colorful characters, control the
environment by changing weather and lighting conditions, or construct
flowers, trees, and plants using special tools. An "AUTO"
button generates random compositions, so you can sample program options
and experiment with special effects as a starting point for your own
designs." You can print your work or save a digital version by
taking a screenshot. There's even a guide to how to do this. I think you
could make a colourful animation from pupils' creations. The classroom section also
has information about
Rousseau's life and work with discussion points, student activities,
printable worksheets and links to other resources.
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/art_and_ecology/art_monkeys.shtm
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