Welcome to the TESCO BANK ART COMPETITION FOR SCHOOLS Category E: Special Education Schools Theme Trees

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1 Welcome to the TESCO BANK ART COMPETITION FOR SCHOOLS 2016 Category E: Special Education Schools Theme Trees We hope that entering this competition will help contribute to your teaching of Curriculum for Excellence in many different and exciting ways at a level appropriate to the abilities of your pupils.

2 We are thrilled to be working once again with Scottish Ballet. As well as helping select our own ten winning artworks, Scottish Ballet will choose some further pieces in celebration of their fantastic 2016 Christmas production, Hansel and Gretel. Scottish Ballet will have special treats for the winning young artists schools.

3 TESCO BANK ART COMPETITION FOR SCHOOLS 2016 The aim of this competition is to encourage school children to interact with and be inspired by art works in the National Galleries Collection. CATEGORY E: Special Education Schools Trees Look at: Natalya Goncharova, La Forêt (The Forest), c William Crozier, Edinburgh in the Snow, c.1928 Alison McKenzie, The Four Friends(For Aesop s Fables), 1936 Think about: SHAPES - Spring flowers/summer fruits/autumn leaves nuts and seeds/winter branches SOUNDS Leaves: rustling in the wind/crunching underfoot/tapping windows TEXTURES - Rough bark/scratchy twigs/crinkly leaves COLOURS - Dazzling greens and yellows/blazing orange and reds/drab end-of year browns PLAY Swings/tree houses/conkers/apple ducking HOME Birds/squirrels/insects/rabbits/hedgehogs/mice EXOTIC Palms/jungles Make: Use: A picture inspired by trees. It can be realistic or abstract. It could include birds, animals or people. Any materials, techniques or processes (for example drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, photography, computer aided design, collage, montage) to make your piece as long as each entry is two-dimensional. It can be A4 or A3 or A2 in size. Entries will be judged on: Originality and creativity Confident handling of materials Boldness and impact *****PLEASE NOTE THAT PUPILS FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS ARE WELCOME TO ENTER IN ANY CATEGORY AS LONG AS IT IS AGE APPROPRIATE

4 CATEGORY E: Special Education Schools Trees Natalya Goncharova, La Forêt (The Forest), c This enchanted fairy tale forest looks a bit like a set for the stage with strong lighting creating a dramatic atmosphere. Could that be a little river running across the front? You can imagine Hansel and Gretel getting lost here. The unrealistic colours add to the strangeness of the scene. Natalya Goncharova was a Russian artist and she made a lot of costume and set designs for the ballet and the Moscow theatre. This style of painting with strong geometric shapes and blocks is often called Cubism or Futurism. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2015.

5 CATEGORY E: Special Education Schools Trees William Crozier, Edinburgh in Snow, c The branches stand elegantly decorated with a sprinkling of snow, making patterns against the sky. The little cottage nestles in the side of the hill but no welcoming smoke comes from its chimney. A man walks along carrying a spade on his shoulder. The footsteps of others can be seen along the path. William Crozier was a Scottish artist who suffered from poor health all his life due to haemophilia. He won a prize for the most promising young artist but sadly died after falling in his studio when he was just 37. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

6 CATEGORY E: Special Education Schools Trees Alison McKenzie, The Four Friends (for Aesop s Fables), 1936 The crow, the tortoise and the deer seem to be having a conversation but the mouse in the grass is not paying attention. Notice how the artist has used the same kind of shapes and speckled effect in both the grass and the tree. The numbers 24 over 50 at the bottom means that there were 50 prints made altogether and this is the 24 th one. Alison MacKenzie was born in India but grew up in Scotland. Her sister was also an artist. She was good at painting and printmaking and designed some lovely posters to advertise travelling by rail. This woodcut tells the story of how the four animals joined together to make sure man could do them no harm. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art The Mackenzie Sisters Charitable Trust