Year 5 - Art and design
Create an abstract composition
Abstract art: drawing, printing and textiles
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Unit Summary
Pupils will learn how abstract artists convey feelings and emotions through their use of colour, line and shape. They will take part in practical abstract exercises, including multiple print making with a paper-cut technique, before designing and creating an abstract felt panel.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use tools of your own making to create an abstract composition.
Key Notes
- Artists can use material qualities to enhance mood, movement and meaning in a composition.
- Artists can refer to mark-making samples or testers to remember tools and processes used to create specific marks.
- Abstract compositions might include the shapes and lines found in everyday objects, imagining them in a new way.
Vocabulary To Learn
- abstract: art that does not try to represent something realistically
- composition: the arrangement of visual elements such as shapes, colours and lines, within an artwork
- mark-making: the lines, dots and scratches created by tools
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All papers have the same texture.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Artists can use material qualities to enhance mood, movement and meaning in a composition. Artists can refer to mark-making samples or testers to remember tools and processes used to create specific marks.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'abstract'
art that does not try to represent something realistically.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All papers have the same texture. Correction: Remind children that different papers have different textures. For example, tracing paper is smooth and thin, while watercolor paper is thick and textured. Materials can look and behave differently depending on the surface of the paper.
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