Year 3 - Art and design
Investigating patterns in art
Perfect Patterns: drawing and design
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Unit Summary
Pupils will create a range of art outcomes based on the theme of patterns. They will look at patterns in the natural world and investigate how pattern and decoration forms a fundamental part of art making. They will make a pattern motif and use it to create their own repeat pattern.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explore different patterns in art and discuss how they are used for decoration.
Key Notes
- Patterns and decoration are used in art and design across different cultures.
- Artists and designers create patterns using repetition, symmetry, and different shapes.
- Sketchbooks can be used to record and explore patterns, helping to develop ideas.
Vocabulary To Learn
- pattern: a design in which lines, shapes, forms or colours are repeated
- line: a mark made by a moving point, such as a pencil or brush
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Patterns in art are always symmetrical and repetitive.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Patterns and decoration are used in art and design across different cultures. Artists and designers create patterns using repetition, symmetry, and different shapes.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'pattern'
a design in which lines, shapes, forms or colours are repeated.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Patterns in art are always symmetrical and repetitive. Correction: While many patterns do follow symmetrical or repetitive structures, patterns in art can also be organic, irregular, and asymmetrical.
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