Creating role-plays to view the work from another perspective; helping understand the story of the painting.
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Applying understanding of tone and tints to create a traditional willow pattern style plate depicting a tale of their choice
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Learning that a 'tint' is made by adding white to a colour and a 'shade' by adding black, pupils mix colours to paint the template of an animal, working across the image from light to dark and completing a contrasting background. Learning about the technique of Diego Velázquez
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Using watercolours, pupils create different tints, shades and hues to paint the background of their seaside scene. Easy to adapt to other landscapes.
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Mixing two primary colours to create different shades of a secondary colour and using these in a decorative painting.
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Children create a line drawing by arranging pieces of string to create different shapes then draw these from observation, using pencils and chalk, inspired by the artist Bridget Riley
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Inspired by water and the artwork of Zaria Forman, children continue to explore lines but in a more expressive way. They will be using music to draw lines and marks that reflect their response to what they hear, creating a large collaborative piece.
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Children learn how to draw from observation, create a print and draw from different perspectives. They learn about the role of an architect and are challenged to consider why houses look the way they do and if there is scope to change and improve them.
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This topic is ideal for any class studying the Stone Age, or if you’re looking to explore a different style of art or techniques. Experimenting with charcoal, berries, leaves, homemade paints and more, children get a sense of what it was like to create art thousands of years ago and why these pieces were created
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