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Art and design

Lesson 3: Design: Clarice Cliff plates (Original scheme)

Using a paper plate, children recreate their own designs of Clarice Cliffs ‘Circle Tree’ plate, using bright colours to paint circles and finishing by using black paint and a straw to blow a tree design

Learning Objective

  • Apply their painting skills when working in the style of an artist

National Curriculum Links

Pupils should be taught:

  • to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
  • about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work

Success Criteria

Cross Curricular Links

Before the lesson

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: May want to practise the circle painting on the spare paper before applying it to the finished plate.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Could be challenged to try out different colour combinations, using their knowledge of colour mixing, when painting their plates.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Simon Chubb,  
Art and Design specialist
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…
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