Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line

Investigating how lines and marks can express emotion.

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Stage 5 and Stage 6 >
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Unit 1: Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making >
Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line

Lesson 2: Texture and tone

Exploring how combining lines and marks can show texture and tone.

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Cambridge Primary Art & Design >
Stage 3 and Stage 4 >
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Lesson 2: Texture and tone

Lesson 2: Botanical prints

Creating a print using negative space, inspired by the artist Anna Atkins.

Lesson 2: Drawing a storyboard

Inventing a story for a shadow puppet play then drawing a storyboard.

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Cambridge Primary Art & Design >
Stage 3 and Stage 4 >
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Unit 6: Making connections: Shadow puppets >
Lesson 2: Drawing a storyboard

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Lesson 2: Understanding and creating texture >
Lesson 2: Understanding and creating texture (Presentation mode)

Painting and mixed media: Life in colour

Developing understanding of colour, texture and composition. Learners will explore the primary and secondary colours, colour mixing, and creating textures using different tools. Learners will acquire collage techniques, experiment with materials and evaluate their choices.

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Stage 1 and Stage 2 >
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Unit 2: Painting and mixed media: Life in colour

Unit outcomes

Learners who are secure will be able to:

Name the primary and secondary colours.
Talk about the colour changes they notice and make predictions about what will happen when two colours mix.
Describe the colours and textures they see.
Try different tools to recreate a texture and decide which tool works best.
Show they can identify different textures in a collaged artwork.
Apply their knowledge of colour mixing to match colours effectively.
Choose collage materials based on colour and texture.
Talk about their ideas for an overall collage.
Try different arrangements of materials, including overlapping shapes.
Explain likes and dislikes about their artwork.
Describe ideas for developing their collages.
Choose materials and tools after trying them out.

Suggested prior learning

Unit 2: Painting and mixed media: Colour splash

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Colour fun

To develop knowledge of colour mixing.

Lesson 2: Texture hunt

To know how texture can be created with paint.

Lesson 3: Making textures

To use paint to explore texture and pattern.

Lesson 4: Collage creation

To compose a collage, choosing and arranging materials for effect.

Lesson 5: Developing detail

To evaluate and improve artwork.

Learning objectives

Experiencing:

E.01 Encounter, sense,

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Key vocabulary

collage

detail