- Look at the three images of the seaside – if you can it is nice to print them out but equally you can look at them on a screen. You can download the images here: Seaside Images.
- Have a really good look at the images trying to pick out the different colours and details.
- As you are looking at the pictures you may want to focus on the way that they have been created by the artist.
Questions that you could ask:
- What is the style of each picture?
- What do you think was used to create each picture? For example paints, ink…etc….
- What colours can you see in each picture?
- How would you describe the styles? For example realistic, abstract, sculptural…etc…
- What words would you use to describe the different pictures?
- How do the different pictures make you feel?
- Which of the pictures do you like best?
Then:
- Use the picture that you have chosen as your favourite and start to talk about what you can see.
Questions that you could ask:
- What do you like about the picture that you have chosen?
- What is shown in the picture?
- What can you see?
- What sort of mood does it have?
- What is the weather like?
- Are there any people in the picture? If so who? And what are they doing?
- What else do you think you could do in the place that is shown?
- Does the location look formal or informal?
- What is the weather like?
- Is it the kind of place that you would like to spend time in?
- What do you think you could hear in that place?
- What do you think it would smell like?
- If you had to give th picture a name what would it be?
- Any other questions that you come up with…
Then:
- If you like you could repeat the questions with the other images.
Jack Shore – Blackpool Promenade
J.M.W. Turner – Calais Sands At Low Water – Poissards Collecting Bait
Dorothea Sharp – Children Paddling