Year 5 - Art and design
Design an expressive letter form
Lettering: graphic design
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Unit Summary
Pupils will investigate letterforms and practice calligraphic techniques, looking at the work of artists and designers. They will make concrete poems, playing with typographic forms to create meaning and communicate ideas. They will design and create their own letterform composition.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a letterform that expresses a chosen emotion or theme.
Key Notes
- Understand how letter design can express different emotions or ideas.
- Colours and shapes play a significant role in expressing emotions.
- Learn to design an expressive letter form by focusing on how shape, line, and style can communicate mood.
- Explore creative ways to make a single letter a work of art.
Vocabulary To Learn
- letterform: the shape and design of a single letter
- expression: communicating emotion, mood or energy through visual art and design
- colour theory: the study of how colours can affect human perception and emotions
- typography: arranging letters and text in a way that makes them readable and visually appealing
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- To create an expressive letterform you must have neat handwriting skills.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Understand how letter design can express different emotions or ideas. Colours and shapes play a significant role in expressing emotions.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'letterform'
the shape and design of a single letter.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: To create an expressive letterform you must have neat handwriting skills. Correction: Expressive letterforms use drawing and designing skills to convey emotions and ideas.
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