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USING ARTWORK IN THE PRIMARY CLASSROOMA teacher’s guide to promoting drawing
Contents
3. Introduction4. Exploring form5. Exploring tone6. My final piece7. Starting points8. Initial sketches 9. Inspiration 10. Use of Tone11. My drawing investigat
ions 12. Pen and ink
13. Using photos
14. Key skills promoted in the piece of work
15. Relevance to National Curriculum
16. Learning opportunities
17. Form and tone and its potential in artwork
18. ‘Hands’ as a theme for work across the curriculum
19. Drawing activities 20. Resources – books21. Resources – websites
Introduction
Additional information concerning drawing in the classroom such as resourcing lists and extension activities are available here.
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This electronic resource has been created in aim to inform teachers of how to use artwork in order to develop drawing skills within the primary classroom.
It aims to guide teachers to gain a better understanding of how to use artwork as a vehicle to develop drawing skills within the primary classroom.
Elements of art
Mark making
Exploration of line
Tone
Colour
Texture
Form
Pattern
Shape
Space
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Exploring form
Form concerns the shape of an object
Classical artist
Michelangelo - Sculpture
Exploring tone use of tone examples
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Explore making various tones with different materials and apply to small sketches
My final piece
Pencil on cartridge paper
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Hands at work
Starting points8
Example of a design brief
Initial sketches10
Inspiration
Leonardo Da Vinci – Studies of the hand
Escher – drawing hands (1948)
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Use of tone12
Tonal Activity Give each child a piece of paper with
a large doodle on it with 10 different sections. The aim is for the children to fill each section with a different type of
mark and to create tone from one side of the section to the other.
My drawing investigations13
Biro sketching: Using different media type.
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Pen and ink
Using photos15
Grancel Fitz
Key skills promoted
Record from first-hand observation
Using tone to represent form and detail
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Relevance to NC objectives (adapted)
Build a knowledge and
understanding of visual and
tactile elements such as tone
and form4. a)
Note for 4aCross reference to mathematics
Ma3 Shape, space and measures: Understanding patterns and
properties of shape2. Pupils should be taught to:
a. describe properties of shapes that they can see or visualise using the
related vocabulary
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Explore, develop and represent ideas through observation
1.a) & 2. b)
Explore themselves as a starting point
for practical artwork
5. a)
Investigate and make art using
various materials2. a)
Build a knowledge of
various artists 4. c)
Learning opportunities
Year 4
Learning objective : To have a basic visual understanding of the skeleton (hands).
Links/extra information:
The importance of sketchbooks
Sketchbooks in the classroom
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‘FORM & TONE’ & ITS POTENTIAL IN
ARTWORK
PHOTOGRAPHY
Focusing on the human form and using small snapshots that highlight the shapes. You could also focus on the tone on skin and or fingers, allowing children to explore taking photos of each other in different positions.
Possible activities:
Set up a photo studio- working in pairs, allow children to take photos of hands engaging in work (drawing/writing/tying shoelaces etc.) and using computers, play around with contrast and light/dark tones on screen.
Set up life drawing in the classroom – set up a circle of tables and allow one child to pose in the middle and have a session focusing on form.
TEXTILES
Focus children on using materials and sewing to create their own gloves and/or decoration. You could look at henna and develop a represent meanings of keys, shapes and patterns within keys and the broader things that relate to them.
Possible activities:
Making gloves/bracelet– allow each child to create their own pattern inspired by henna and incorporate into a mixed media collage or to decorate a glove.
PRINTMAKING
Bring together elements learnt from drawing and painting in order to develop pieces of work and using various printmaking techniques looking at the hand/human form and/or hand decoration.
Possible activities:
finger printing – allow the children to print their own fingers and explore the tones and pattern within them. You could develop this into pattern or line work.
PAINTING
Allow children to explore the tonal qualities of skin by exploring the
Possible activities
Viewfinders- allow children to use viewfinders to paint a section of a persons hand and develop paintings using various paint mediums and compare. Develop these sectional paintings to create an abstract piece focusing on the form of the section.
SCULPTURE
Allow children to look at sculptures of the human form and focus on the hands. Explore form of the hands or parts of the body through 3D materials.
Possible activities:
Willow/chicken wire/clay/plaster sculptures – taking hands as a starting point, develop a sculpture and or 3D form that represents the use of a key. This can include other parts of the body.
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Drawing activities
‘HANDS’ & ITS POTENTIAL IN THE
CURRICULUMSCIENCE - anatomy
Focusing on physical features of the human form. How does the shape of the hand/parts of the body help us to function? Allow children to explore the form of organs and muscles too.
Possible activities:
Class anatomy book– using drawing/studying parts of the body, create a class anatomy book, focusing on various parts of the body – most specifically the hand.
PE
Focus children on exploring movement of the hands, and/or developing skills in balancing using hands/parts of the body.
Possible activities:
Gymnastics – explore using hands to balance
Dance – using hand movements in dance – perhaps look at flamenco dancers.
GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY
Research, consider and explore how hands are used for greeting people.
Possible activities:
Develop your own school handshake – allow the children to develop their own handshake that shows their friendship/to say hello to a visitor at the school
Explore countries greetings traditions/cultural understanding – explore various ways of greetings around the world/why they do these.
Research– watch the HSBC advert which shows the various ways of greeting someone new with their hands
MATHS
Allow children to explore the form of hands and explore the shapes that make up that three-dimensional form. This can be extended to the whole human form.
Possible activities
Play ‘spot the 3D form’ allow the children to look at their partner and find as many different 3D shapes within their form. This could be possible with 2D shapes also.
RE/PSHE
Allow children to explore how hands are used within worship. Explore the Hindu tradition of painting hands and the significance of painting the whole body.
Possible activities:
Explore how hands are used in worship – what do hands do in worship? (Christianity – prayer, Hindu – Decorate/symbolise openness, Buddhism – used to calm, other – palm reading)
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Click here for a medium term art plan for year 5/6 on the theme of hands.
Using ICT
Resources - booksBeazley.M (2000) Understanding Paintings, Octopus Publishing Ltd.
Clement,R.(1992) Investigating and making in art. Essex: Oliver and Bond
Daniels, H & Turner, S (1972) Exploring printmaking for young people Van Nostrand Reinholds Department for education and employment (1999) The National Curriculum, London Fabian, M. (2006) ‘Blue Sky thinking’. STart magazine, Number 21, Pg. 12-13 Fitzsimmons, S. (1991) Start with art: developing creativity in young children Oxford: Basil Blackwell
Gair, A. (2005) Learn to Paint and Draw. Bath: Parragon Hearne, S. (2002) Art in the primary school, 2nd Ed. London Borough of Town Hamlets
Martin, J. (2003) Colour. How to see it how to paint it. Quarto Publishing Ltd. McInally,M. (2003) ‘ From scribbles to drawings’ in Children’s art, the development in imaginative drawing and painting, ages 3 to 11. Devon: Southgate publishers Ltd Nobel.A (1996) Education through art the Steiner School Approach. Edinburgh: Floris Books Painting with watercolour magazine (2003)
Rockwell, H. (1977) Printmaking Tadworth: World’s Work
Roswell,G. (1983) ‘Scribbling and doodling’ in Teaching art in Primary School. London :Evans Brothers Ltd.
Rothenstein. M (1970) Relief printing. London: Studio Vista
Sykes. K. T (2005) ‘ Portrait of an artist’ in Art of England magazine. Masterclass Publications Ltd. Pp.46-49
Sherman/L & Hofmeyr.D (2003) Directions in art : printmaking. Oxford, Heinemann Library (Harcourt education)
Weaver, P. (1968) Printmaking: a medium for basic design Studio Vista
Wenham,M. (2003) ‘Art as exploration’ in Understanding art : a guide for teachers. London:Paul Chapman
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I would highly recommend looking at the STart magazines as they
are highly informative in the context of education of art
There are 6 in this series and all are worth having in the classroom
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Resources - websites
Website Content
Resourceswww.artsconnected.org/toolkit Extensive resource for artistic concepts to be explored [online]date accessed 10/12/07 online and interactively.http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/art/contents.htm Many online teaching ideas and resources including lots of [online]date accessed 16/12/07 portraiture links. http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/art/art.htm [online]date accessed 16/12/07 Extensive range of online teaching ideas and
resources. http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm [date accessed 17/12/07] Extensive range of online interactive resources for all areas of art.
Artistshttp://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/h/holbein/hans_y/biograph.html Online biography source pages – lots of artists to research
good for highlighting and research activities (more suitable for older children)http://www.gfmer.ch/International_activities_En/Leonardo_anatomical_drawings.htm Leonardo Di Vinci information bank of anatomical
images. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/genius/portraits.shtm# Rembrandt information bank including zoom-able picture of [date accessed 14/12/07] his works.http://www.simonripley.co.uk/files/gallery5/index1.htm Print artist Simon Ripley’s site – pictures and techniques all available. [online] accessed 4th February 2007 http://www.normanackroyd.com/kerr.html [online] accessed 21st March 2007 Norman Ackroyd – site
General http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/etc/teah/teahindex_gfx_en.html Online museum resource for teachers – access to a vast amount
of informationhttp://www.monoprints.com/history/brief.html [online] accessed 19th March 2007 Information about monoprintshttp://www.tate.org.uk/learning/schools/ [online] accessed 19th March 2007 Extensive site for many techniques, artists and resources.
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Getting children to email artists is an invaluable experience and really allows art to become more relevant and accessible.
www.corbis.com is a brilliant website for searching images for a certain subject.