Learning objective
- To develop drawn ideas through printmaking.
Success criteria
- I can describe how I think an artwork
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National curriculum
Art and design
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
Science
Earth and space
Pupils should be
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Ask the children to look at the image and discuss the following with a partner: How the image was created? What tools could be used to create this piece of art? What drawing materials could be used to create this piece of art? Can they recall the formal elements? (These are: colour, form, shape, line,…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
May need a smaller selection of materials to choose from; could divide the printing plate into sections by drawing across the cardboard with straight or wavy intersecting lines, then pupils fill each section by gluing different textures within this space. What to fill the space with could additionally be written in the space if needed, using words such as ‘small’ or ‘prickly’, so the decision-making process is not completely removed.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could use the optional astronaut templates provided in the Activity: Astronaut templates to make a figurative plate in which different parts of the image are filled with different textures. This can be fiddly and time-consuming but offers a higher level of complexity that may suit more able children. These astronaut plates can be used in addition to, or as an alternative to, the drawn element children will add to their piece in lesson 5.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: participating in discussion and suggesting sensible
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Vocabulary definitions
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collagraph
A printmaking process that uses textures to create interesting surfaces within a print.
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composition
The way that people or things are arranged in a painting or photograph.
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 5th March, 2024
