Lesson 3: Printing with paint
Using building blocks and other everyday objects to create prints; painting and stamping their blocks to create patterns, pictures and letters and combining colours on the page, explaining the choices they make.New statutory RSHE guidance is here. We’re creating our brand new RSE & PSHE scheme ready for September 2026. Learn more
Learning objective
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Arrange the children into pairs. Display slide 1 of the Presentation: 3, 2, 1. Ask the children to tell their partner three things they learnt about colour from the last lesson.
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Simon is a teacher, cartoonist and artist. He uses his 25 years of experience to teach art in schools and has his own workshop business ‘Scartoons’ in which children create comic characters and strips. Simon is a member of The Cartoonists Club of Great Britain and has used his artistic talents to paint murals as well as designing and painting the scenery for several successful musical productions in Stoke-on-Trent. Simon’s cartoon book, “Dad, Seriously” was published in 2016 and reached no.8 on the Amazon Bestseller list for its category.
Simon designed our free lesson on painting willow patterns inspired by the history of ‘chinoiserie’ pottery as well as many other classes in our Art & Design subject.
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