Year 8 - Art and design
Mark-marking: preparing the surface for painting
Abstract painting: sustainable materials
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Unit Summary
Pupils will develop their understanding of abstract painting and make more sophisticated connections. They will build confidence in taking risks with new ideas, look at different tools and techniques, and learn to communicate with symbols and marks.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand why artists prepare their surfaces and can prepare your own backgrounds for painting on.
Key Notes
- Artists use a range of materials in their painting and this can add layers of meaning
- By ripping and collaging we can symbolise memory and the layering of experience in paintings
- Using resist techniques with wax or tape can be used as a symbol
- Transfer techniques give work a faded, ghostly appearance, evoking themes of memory or the passage of time.
Vocabulary To Learn
- wash: a thin, transparent layer of paint, usually created by diluting the pigment with water in watercolour, ink, or thinned acrylics
- layer: a layer is one part of an artwork that sits on top of or underneath another. Artists build up layers using paint, pencil, collage, or texture to create depth and detail
- collage: cut, layered, and glued materials onto a surface to create a piece of art
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Artists start a painting or drawing on a plain piece of paper
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Artists use a range of materials in their painting and this can add layers of meaning. By ripping and collaging we can symbolise memory and the layering of experience in paintings.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'wash'
a thin, transparent layer of paint, usually created by diluting the pigment with water in watercolour, ink, or thinned acrylics.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Artists start a painting or drawing on a plain piece of paper. Correction: Often artists create surfaces and backgrounds to work on, it makes the piece have less gaps and is interesting to work over.
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