Year 2 - Art and design
Drawing and painting my dream building
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Unit Summary
A diverse range of approaches will be used in this unit to investigate houses in both an artistic and an architectural style. Drawing and printing techniques will be explored before pupils investigate how architects design environmentally friendly houses or flats, then design their own eco-home.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use your imagination to draw and paint a dream building.
Key Notes
- Artists and designers use their imagination and different types of lines, shapes, and patterns when drawing.
- Painting using colour, texture, and brush techniques helps to add depth and detail to designs.
- Different colours can express mood and atmosphere.
Vocabulary To Learn
- imagination: an idea in your head about something you have not experienced in the real world
- sketch/sketching: making quick and simple drawings to show ideas or the things we see
- texture: how something feels when it is touched
- detail: a small part of something that adds to its overall appearance
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Artists always draw things exactly how they look in real life.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Artists and designers use their imagination and different types of lines, shapes, and patterns when drawing. Painting using colour, texture, and brush techniques helps to add depth and detail to designs.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'imagination'
an idea in your head about something you have not experienced in the real world.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Artists always draw things exactly how they look in real life. Correction: Artists sometimes draw things as they look in real life but can also draw things from their imagination.
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