Lesson 1 : Richard Brakenburg - Option 2

Before starting this unit, you might want to check the children can recall:

• Artists use colour to create an atmosphere or to represent feelings in an artwork (e.g. by using warm or cool colours).

• Shapes can be used to place the key elements in a composition.

• Artists can use lines to control what the viewer looks at within a composition (e.g. diagonal lines to draw your eye into the centre of a drawing).

• Artists are influenced by what is happening around them (e.g. culture, politics or technology).

• How an artwork is interpreted will depend on the life experiences of the person looking at it.