1. Connector Look at the textures you created last lesson. Now look at a a Karl Blossfeldt photograph. Can you identify at least 2 textures in your work which appear in the Karl Blossfeldt photograph?

2. Bigger picture Watch demo Begin drawing from Karl Blossfeldts work Practice tone Add tone and texture

3. Learning outcomes All will begin to draw from their chosen Karl Blossfeldt photograph Most will be able to identify a few different textures shown in Karl Blossfeldt’s work and apply them to their own work Some will be able to accurately combine at least 4 levels of tone and several different textures in their Karl Blossfeldt drawing

4. Who was Karl Blossfeldt? Karl Blossfeldt 1865- 1932 German artist Began his artistic career as a sculptor and teacher of art. Now most famous for producing photographs of seeds and plants which he originally used to educate his pupils about patterns in nature He was self-taught in photography. Blossfeldt merged art and science by making a homemade camera that could magnify the plants and seeds he photographed up to thirty times there actual size. He was able to revealed extraordinary details about the surface and structure of plants. It was not until 1928 at the age of 63 that he became world famous when he released a book about his photography which amazed everyone In 2001 his book, Urformen der Kunst was included on a list of 101 Books which were voted most important photographic books of the Twentieth Century.

5. Review 1.Karl Blossfeldt is a good artist to look at for our natural forms project because............................... 2.The textures I have created relate (link) to Karl Blossfeldt’s work because...................................... 3. Being able to create texture in my own work is important because.................................................... Texture improve accurate Level 4 photographs Natural forms Black and white detail Karl BlossfeldtYour mark making