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Photograph a landscape in your local area

Local landscape : painting

Unit Summary

Pupils will study a local landscape artist and make photographic records of natural or park scenes. This could include natural elements within a built environment. They will learn some basic landscape painting techniques and apply them to their own personal landscape painting.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to photograph a local landscape.

Key Notes

  • Local landscapes can be important to people for different reasons.
  • Photographers can choose to use the rule of thirds to aid their composition.
  • Photographers consider their light carefully, and the effect it will have upon their composition.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • landscape: the view of a place, including both natural and human-made features
  • composition: how we arrange or organise the things we want to take a picture of
  • rule of thirds: a guideline to help make pictures look more balanced

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Urban landscapes cannot contain any natural features.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Local landscapes can be important to people for different reasons. Photographers can choose to use the rule of thirds to aid their composition.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'landscape'

the view of a place, including both natural and human-made features.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Urban landscapes cannot contain any natural features. Correction: Remind children that both natural and urban landscapes can have a mix of natural and human-made features, but natural landscapes focus more on nature, and urban landscapes focus more on buildings and roads.

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