The Art of Rugby

• Use the art movement ‘Futurism’ as a contextual study vehicle to engage pupils

• Pupils initially produce Futurism style drawings inspired by Gloucester Rugby

• The following lesson plan, presented as a PowerPoint, is Nat Curriculum appropriate for Art and Design at Key Stages 2,3,4.

• ‘Explore and develop ideas’• ‘Investigate and make’• ‘Evaluate and develop’• ‘Knowledge and Understanding’

‘Futurism’ 1909-1920• ‘Futurism’ was a name given to the art which

was about movement, speed, confrontation, team work and ‘Dynamism’.

• This style of artwork has a ‘wow factor’• It is characterised by the repetition of lines• Brilliant colours• Flowing brush strokes• The Illusion of Movement …….Dynamic

Think! Rugby in a Futurist style

• Think Gloucester Rugby Club colours!

• Red, white, black

• Think about the game of rugby!

• Running, passing, tackling, jumping, diving, kicking, etc.

• Team work! Physical and Dynamic.

• Some people say that ‘rugby is the greatest team game in the world’!

• Physical and Dynamic

Photo copy

Photo copy

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Your Challenge. Use the photocopies of Gloucester rugby players

to produce your own ‘Futuristic’ style rugby drawing

Look at the body positions, arms, legs, teamwork, movement, etc.

• Your work will be called ‘The Dynamism of Rugby’

• When you have drawn your ‘composition’, colour them in using only red, white, and black

Plenary• Each pupil presents their Futurist

compositions to the group

• Extension lessons:– Pupils could enlarge their compositions into

paintings, collages, murals, etc.– Produce other studies depicting speed and

movement– IT opportunities for image manipulation– Further related studies of ‘Cubism’