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Art and design

Lesson 3: Negative medium still life

Learning to see light and shade in a new way, children pick out the shapes of their composition using erasers on a lightly greyed out background

Learning objective

  • To draw using a negative medium 

National curriculum

  • Develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design
  • Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Might need to take a photo of their still life composition on a tablet then add an effect to turn it into the negative image, which they can use to help them.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should also add highlights and shadows into the drawing.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression 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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