Year 1 - Art and design
Chalk prints
Moon and space: drawing and mixed media
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Unit Summary
Pupils will develop their ability to apply light and dark tones to shade the surface of the moon. They will create a space background and use collage papers of their own making to create a planet composition.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a print using chalk pastels and water.
Key Notes
- Printing in art means to make a copy of something.
- Marbling is a form of printing, as artists make a copy of the inks or pigment floating in the water.
- Historians are unsure where marbling originated, although it is thought either Japan or Persia are most likely.
Vocabulary To Learn
- print: a way of making a copy of something
- marbling: floating inks or pigments on water, then transferring this onto paper
- chalk pastel: a soft and powdery art material
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Marbling was invented in Britain.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Printing in art means to make a copy of something. Marbling is a form of printing, as artists make a copy of the inks or pigment floating in the water.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'print'
a way of making a copy of something.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Marbling was invented in Britain. Correction: Art historians are not exactly sure where marbling was invented, but it was certainly popular in places such as Japan a long time before it was brought to Britain.
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