Key Vocabulary/ Formal Elements: Line Defines shape, the outer edge of something. Organic lines/ shapes Organic lines/ shapes are as- sociated with things from the nat- ural world, like plants and animals. They are flowing and not angular or straight. Composi- on A way of combining images to cre- ate a pleasing design. The Five Skins 1. Your Skin 2. Your clothes 3. Your home 4. Your local environment 5. The Earth Symbol- ism Hundertwasser oſten used facial features like eyes and mouths in his landscapes. He used bold, bright colour and organic lines and forms, i.e. lollipop trees and curved lines in his architecture. Land- scape A landscape is what you see when you look across an area of land, e.g. hills, rivers, buildings, trees, animals &man made structures. KS3 - Year 7 Art & Design Knowledge Organiser - ‘Hundertwasser-inspired’ Stamp Design/ 3-D Model Stamps designed by Hundertwasser Hundertwasser was born on 15th De- cember 1928 in Vienna, Austria. His real name is Friedrich Stowasser. After World War 2, Hundertwasser studied for three months at the Acade- my of Fine Arts in Vienna. The first exhibition of his work was held in Vienna in 1952. Hundertwasser has produced many different types of works of art (ranging from paintings, postage stamps, clothes, flags). His work often includes bright colours and natural, organic forms. He seldom uses straight lines, and uses lots of spirals. He also became interested in architecture and he has designed many houses using irregular forms Views of The Forest of Dean What is a Stamp? People use them to mail leers, bills, parcels and postcards. Without prepayment, like stamps, people would not be able to mail their leers. They are self-adhesive images found on the upper right corner on an envelope. Stamps can be bought from a post office or from shops. Stamps always include three important pieces of informaon in their design: subject, stamp value, and country of origin. It is important that the value is placed on the stamp so that peo- ple know how much to pay for it. Subject designs are important because it makes the stamp interesng to look at as well as reflecng the country's naonal identy. Poster paint Black fine liner Coloured pencils camera Leaflets about The Forest of Dean Materials and Tools