Year 1 - Art and design
Make flower sculptures: texture
Create a flower garden: introducing the 7 elements of art
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Unit Summary
Through hands-on activities, pupils will experiment with different making techniques and materials to create artworks based on the 7 elements of art. Pupils will gain a deeper understanding of how artists use the elements within their artworks.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use a range of textures to create clay flower tiles.
Key Notes
- Know that flowers, seeds and leaves might have more than one texture which an artist can depict with clay.
- Artists can press objects into clay to create impressions, but they can also sculpt different textures from clay.
- Clay can be joined securely using slip and score technique.
Vocabulary To Learn
- texture: how something feels when it is touched
- impression: when an object is pressed into clay
- sculpture: a three-dimensional piece of art made by shaping or combining materials
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Texture can only be shown with drawing or painting
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Know that flowers, seeds and leaves might have more than one texture which an artist can depict with clay. Artists can press objects into clay to create impressions, but they can also sculpt different textures from clay.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'texture'
how something feels when it is touched.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Texture can only be shown with drawing or painting. Correction: Remind pupils that artists might choose to use clay to represent textures as it can show a wide range of different surfaces.
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