Year 1 - Art and design
Watercolour water collaboration
Reflections on water: introducing painting
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Unit Summary
Through investigations and studies of a diverse range of artworks based on water, pupils will make their own observations and records of the subject. They will make collaborative temporary collages based upon the theme of water.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan and prepare for a collaborative artwork.
Key Notes
- Artists can either make work by themselves or work collaboratively with other artists.
- Artists can use their imagination to combine ideas from a range of sources.
- Artists can experiment with a range of painting techniques to create textured papers.
Vocabulary To Learn
- collaboration: working together to make an artwork
- imagination: combining colors, shapes, and patterns from nature, books, and your own experiences
- painting technique: using a variety of tools and methods to apply paint
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Artists always make artwork by themselves.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Artists can either make work by themselves or work collaboratively with other artists. Artists can use their imagination to combine ideas from a range of sources.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'collaboration'
working together to make an artwork.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Artists always make artwork by themselves. Correction: Remind children that artists can choose to work by themselves, but they can also plan and make work collaboratively.
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