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RHS Education and Learning, RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB [email protected] 01483 212432 Charity No: 222879/SCO38262
William Morris RHS Wisley KS1 lesson plan
National Curriculum: Art and design
Learning Objectives Structure Plenary
In the garden, select plant shapes and record from observations, using drawing.
To learn about the work of William Morris and make links to their own work.
To use pencils and collage to design and make wallpaper.
To use drawing to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.
To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.
Assessment Question
Introduction - Welcome and Health & Safety
Who was William Morris? What were his views? Why did he think it was important to draw from nature and from first hand experience?
Look at artist’s equipment for working outside. (Easel, canvas, paints, brushes, charcoal)
Look at wallpaper example in groups. Compare and discuss the shapes of the plants and the representation in Morris’ work. Talk about the repetition and pattern.
Demonstrate drawing leaf/ flower shape. Activities
Walk around garden. Stop at suitable areas of the garden to sketch leaf/flower shapes.
Demonstrate cutting out multiple shapes.
Return to Clore Learning Centre to create a whole-class wallpaper. Using sketches for inspiration, cut out shapes from coloured paper, add detail (crayons/chalk) and arrange in a repeating pattern to replicate wallpaper.
Discuss repetition.
Do you like your work? How might you change it next time?
Why did Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement believe that drawing from first hand observation was so important?
Resources: Examples of William Morris’s work, clipboards, paper, pencils, paper, artist’s equipment, coloured paper, scissors, crayons, chalk
Differentiation: By questioning and outcome
Key Vocabulary: William Morris, shape, pattern, repetition, line drawing, multiple, observations
