Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

How are you doing today? I hope you're really, really well.

My name is Ms. Assal, and I'm doing well.

I'll tell you why.

Because today, we are gonna carry out a lesson to do with flowers, drawing flowers, shapes and lines.

And this lesson is part of a unit called Create a Flower Garden, the Seven Elements of Art.

That's really exciting, creating a flower garden.

Shall we get started with our lesson? The outcome for our lesson today is, I can observe the lines and shapes within flowers.

That sounds really exciting.

We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Observe Line.

Shapes.

Fantastic, that sounded really great.

Let's find out what these keywords mean.

Observe means to look at something carefully and to notice details about it.

A line is a mark made by a moving point, such as a pencil or a brush.

And shapes are the form of something made by a line around the edge, and we can see some examples there.

We've got a circle, a rectangle, and a triangle.

These are our keywords.

Let's be on the lookout for them.

Let's listen out for them.

They will be coming up in our lesson today.

So, our lesson today, Drawing flowers: shape and line, has two parts to it.

First of all, we'll be making line drawings in different ways, and next we'll be drawing with paper shapes.

Let's begin by making line drawings in different ways.

Here's Lucas.

So, Lucas is observing this flower.

Oh, my goodness, what a beautiful flower.

I love seeing that.

So, this means he's looking really carefully at the lines, shapes, and other details that he sees in the flower.

Can you look really carefully and observe this flower, too? Pause the video while you do this.

Artists sometimes need to observe an object carefully when they're drawing.

Artists can also use drawing exercises to help them to draw.

This is when an artist gives themselves a rule or an idea to follow.

The drawings that artists make during these exercises do not always look exactly like the object they are observing, and that's okay.

Drawing exercises are more about artists using their eyes to observe carefully rather than creating a drawing which looks exactly like the object.

Here's Lucas saying that, "I'm looking really carefully at the shape, not just trying to make it perfect." Yeah, that's really helpful to hear that, Lucas.

"My artwork doesn't look exactly the same, but that's okay, because I'm practising seeing things better." Oh, wonderful to hear that, too.

It's so important to practise.

Check for understanding.

True or false? Drawings always have to look exactly like the object the artist is observing.

Pause the video while you decide if this is true or if it's false.

Well done if you selected false.

And now, I wonder why you decided that that was false.

Can you pause here and tell someone nearby? Maybe you said something like this, "Drawing exercises focus more on artists using their eyes to carefully observe lines and shapes, rather than trying to create a drawing that looks exactly like the object." Thanks for sharing your answer.

Lucas is going to complete his first drawing exercise of this flower.

This is exciting.

Here's the flower, and this is what Lucas is going to do.

"For this drawing, I'm going to use my non-dominant hand.

This means drawing with the hand I do not use for writing." So, non-dominant means the hand that you do not use for writing.

So, first of all, Lucas looks carefully at the flower and starts by drawing his outline.

Oh, that's a fantastic outline, Lucas.

"My hand is making wobbly lines." He says.

"But I'm concentrating really hard on the lines I see around the edge of the flower." So, what we can see is that Lucas is really looking carefully at the flower.

That's where his focus is, looking at the flower, and then drawing.

Lucas then notices the lines within the flower, and he says, "I'm going to add lines and ridges to my flower." And again, he uses his non-dominant hand to draw these lines.

So, can you see all those extra lines that Lucas has added to his flower? And he's used a slightly different colour this time as well.

Did you notice that? Lucas then observes there are dark lines and light lines on his flower, and he says, "I will use a new material with my non-dominant hand for these lines." Okay, can you see the difference there? So, we've got a different colour and a different material to show those dark and light line in his flower.

Oh, my goodness, I love that, Lucas.

And Lucas says, "My drawing does not look exactly like the flower, but I noticed lots of lines using this drawing exercise." Fantastic, that's what it's all about, Lucas.

We don't need to make something look exactly the way that it appears to us.

We're just having a go.

We are just noticing and drawing all kinds of lines to represent what we can see.

You did a great job, Lucas.

Okay, so, here's Lucas.

And Lucas makes a line drawing with his non-dominant hand.

First, he draws the outline.

Next, Lucas adds in those lines that he can see inside the flower.

And then he adds in more of the lines, the ridges, the dark lines, the lighter colour lines, and uses a different material.

And guess what? It's your turn now.

I would like you to make a line drawing with your non-dominant hand, just like Lucas did.

So, pause the video here while you have a go at that.

Enjoy your line drawing.

So, how did you get on? I hope you enjoyed that.

And remember, drawing exercises are about observing details, rather than creating a perfect drawing.

I hope you enjoyed your drawing exercise.

Oh, wow, look at this flower that's appeared on our screen.

What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby everything that you can see.

And can you observe any lines in particular? Again, tell the person next to you which lines can you see.

Here's Sam.

Sam is observing this same flower that we've been looking at.

I wonder what Sam has observed.

Oh, wow, look at this, Sam.

"I can see lots of lines in this flower," says Sam, "from the centre to the tips of the petals." Wow.

And can you see some of those lines are really quite long? Going all the way out to the tips of the petals, and some of them are a little bit shorter.

Maybe going halfway up the petal.

Great observation, Sam.

Sam is going to complete a drawing exercise observing this flower.

"I'm going to make a shield for my pencil, so I cannot see my drawing as I make it." What a fantastic idea, Sam.

Sam makes a hole in the centre of a piece of paper and then pushes her pencil through the hole to create a shield.

"And I'll place my hand under the paper so it holds the paper up as I draw.

It will shield my hand so I won't be able to see the lines." What a clever idea.

Sam notices something about her shield drawing.

"I had to look really carefully at the flower, as I could not look at my drawing." I love that.

It's really making Sam notice the flower and look at all of the details and the lines.

This artist is also making a drawing of a flower using a shield.

Oh, wow, it's so interesting! So, the artist is looking at the flower.

They're not looking at their drawing, because they can't see their drawing because the shield is there in place.

I love this idea.

So, now, I'll make a drawing of a flower using a shield.

Like this.

And now it's your turn.

I would like you to make a drawing of a flower using a shield.

So, pause the video while you have a go at this activity.

Fantastic! I hope you enjoyed your activity.

It's looking great.

I love these drawings.

And you might have observed your flower really carefully, as you could not see your drawing.

And now, it's time for your first task.

I would like you to complete a range of drawing exercises to carefully observe a flower.

You might think about, creating a drawing without taking your pencil away from the paper.

Drawing while standing or moving around the table.

Sounds fun.

Or starting a drawing and letting someone else finish it.

Oh, I like that collaboration.

Or making a drawing from memory.

Finally, you could make a drawing in one minute or just 30 seconds.

Wow, there are some fantastic ideas there for the kind of drawing exercise you could do as you're carefully observing your flower.

So, pause the video here, choose which exercise you'd like to do, and enjoy your drawing.

So, how did you get on? I hope you enjoyed your exercise.

And there are many ways you could have done this drawing.

You might have drawn without taking your pencil away from your paper.

Maybe you drew from memory, just what you can remember.

Or perhaps you drew something in one minute or indeed in 30 seconds.

Or perhaps you've drawn with a shield.

Or maybe you've drawn with your non-dominant hand, like Lucas did at the beginning of our lesson.

Whichever drawing exercise you chose, I hope you enjoyed it.

And now, it's time for the next part of our lesson where we'll be drawing with paper shapes.

Doesn't that sound interesting? So, here we have that beautiful flower once again.

What shapes do you see in this courgette flower? So, pause the video, tell someone nearby what shapes do you see in this courgette flower.

Okay, what did you see? Maybe you noticed some triangle-shaped petals.

Look at those.

And did you know that you can actually eat courgette flowers? And here is Andeep.

Andeep is busy observing an ivy flower.

I wonder what you can see.

"I can see little circular shapes, but also some long, rectangular stems." Great observing, Andeep.

Can you fill in the missing words in this sentence? "In this flower, the shapes are mm and mm." Pause the video, tell someone nearby what shapes are in this flower.

Well done if you said circular and rectangular.

So, we can see there's little circular shapes on the flower and the stems are long and rectangular.

Check for understanding.

What shape can you see in this flower? Pause a video while you decide.

Can you see circles, rectangles, or triangles? Pause a video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected circles.

The leaves of the petal are a circular shape, and we can see those circles there on the petals.

Andeep is going to create the shapes he can see in his ivy flower.

I wonder how he's going to do this.

Oh, here we are.

"I'm going to start by making lots of circular shapes from paper.

That's interesting, Andeep.

Oh, and now we can see the little bits of paper that Andeep has cut up.

Andeep thinks about the other shapes he can see.

Can you remember what were the other shapes in this ivy flower? Pause a video, tell someone nearby.

Here's Andeep.

"I need to make long, thin strips of paper to make the stems." And there we see them.

Yeah, there's some long, rectangular stems. I like those strips, thin strips of paper, that Andeep has cut out.

This artist is making circular shapes by ripping paper.

Oh, I love the way this artist is really carefully taking each shape and just keeps ripping until they get a circular shape.

Really, really nice careful work there.

They're making little tears in the paper by pinching the paper where they want it to tear.

Such a great technique.

Okay, it's time for us to get involved.

First of all, I'm gonna make shapes by tearing paper.

So, here I go tearing up my pieces of paper, little pinches at the point that I want to tear.

And now it's your turn.

I would like you to make shapes by tearing paper.

Pause the video while you have a go at this.

Oh, those shapes look really, really great.

Look, just like Andeep's shapes.

It's really nice little circles.

Wonderful job.

You might have observed different shapes in your flower.

Andeep uses glue to layer and stick his paper shapes.

Oh, wow, that's a great way of representing the ivy flower, using those long strips of paper for the stems and the little circles at the end of the stems. And now, it's time for your next task.

I would like you to select a flower to observe carefully.

Notice the shapes that you can see within the flower.

Maybe you wanna pick a courgette flower, maybe you want this beautiful purple flower, or something like this gorgeous.

Ooh, I feel like touching that red flower.

Feels like it might be really soft and nice to touch.

Next, I want you to tear your paper into the shapes you have observed.

Glue and layer the shapes together, just like we saw Andeep doing.

So, pause the video here while you select your flower to observe, notice the shapes carefully, and then tear your paper into those shapes.

Glue and layer the shapes together.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

Well done, everyone, for having a go at that task.

I wonder how you got on.

You may have observed many shapes before tearing your paper.

Here is an example.

There we have the torn, small circles, the seeds or seed heads, and we've got the torn thin strips of paper for the shape of stalks and stems. Well done, everybody, for creating your flower using paper shapes.

In our lesson, Drawing flowers: shape and line, we have covered the following.

We can observe real objects carefully and make line drawings to record what we see.

Artists might not create drawings that look exactly like the real objects they're observing.

We can observe the different shapes of a flower and record those shapes through drawing using paper.

Well done, everybody, for joining in with this lesson today, all about drawing flowers.

I love how we went through all these different stages of observing the flowers, creating a drawing using different fun exercises, and in creating those flowers using paper shapes.

I really enjoyed this lesson.

I hope you did, too.

And I hope you'll come back and we'll see each other again at another lesson soon.

Bye for now!.