Lesson video

Hello everybody.

How are you today? I hope you're feeling really, really great.

My name is Ms. Afzal.

I'm going to be your art teacher today, and I couldn't be more excited because today we are exploring sculpture.

Our lesson is called "Make Flower Sculptures: Texture." Doesn't that sound exciting? It comes from the unit called "Create a Flower Garden: Introducing the seven elements of art." There are so many wonderful different aspects to art, and I'm really thrilled that we're going to be exploring sculpture today, and especially because we're using flowers and I love flowers.

Shall we get started? The outcome for our lesson today is I can use a range of textures to create clay flower tiles.

Doesn't that sound exciting? I'm really looking forward to this.

We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Texture.

Impression.

Sculpture.

Fantastic, I love hearing those words.

Let's find out what they mean.

Texture is how something feels when it is touched.

Impression is when an object is pressed into clay.

And a sculpture is a three dimensional piece of art made by shaping or combining materials.

These are our keywords.

Let's listen out for them.

Let's look out for them.

They'll be coming up in our lesson today.

Our lesson is called Make Flower Sculptures, texture.

It has two parts to it.

Create clay impressions and building textures observed in flowers.

We're going to begin with creating clay impressions.

Oh my.

Look at this wonderful flower that has appeared on our screen.

How might you describe the texture of this ivy flower? Pause the video.

Tell someone nearby.

How would you describe the texture? I wonder which words you used.

Now, remember, texture describes how something feels.

You might have noticed that the ivy flour is made from lots of different textures.

Leaves and flowers can have more than one texture.

For example, they could be smooth.

They could be waxy.

Their texture could be bumpy.

It could be bubbly.

Oh, that word sounds nice.

Or, they could be velvety.

Oh, that one sounds good too.

I wonder which of these textures do you like the best? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Thanks for sharing.

I wonder if you like the same kind of texture or maybe you each liked a different kind of texture.

Artists can draw and paint textures.

They can also show texture using materials such as clay.

Here we have the ivy plant again.

Clay is a good material for showing texture as it can show smooth and soft surfaces as well as rough and bumpy textures.

Check for understanding.

Why is clay a good material to show textures? Is it A, artists like clay textures? Is it B, it can show lots of different textures? Or, is it C, it can be made into a smooth texture.

Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Why is clay a good material to show textures? Did you select B? Clay can show smooth textures and rough textures.

It can show us lots of different textures.

Well done if you selected B.

Oh my, look at all these leaves, and plants, and seeds, and flowers that we can see on the screen.

Whoa, that looks fantastic, and here is Izzy.

Izzy has decided to make a clay tile with different leaves and flowers.

What a good idea, Izzy.

And she says, "I can see lots of different textures on the leaves and plants." Yep, shall we all have a good look as well? Let's take a good look at these leaves and plants.

Can you see different textures just like Izzy can? Pause here while you take a look.

Izzy starts by making her clay tile.

There she has her clay slab and her rolling pin.

What is she gonna do? She says, "I'm going to use a rolling pin to make a slab for my tile.

It will need to be smooth to start with." Yep, that's a really good idea, so rolling out with a rolling pin to give you a nice smooth tile.

Izzy selects a leaf to press into her clay.

I wonder which kind of leaf she's going to choose.

Oh, that's a great one.

Why did she choose it? I wonder.

Let's see.

"I like this leaf because it has a really strong rough texture." Let's pause and take a look at this leaf.

Can you see that strong rough texture on the leaf? And this process of pressing the leaf into clay, this is called making an impression As a leaf will leave behind marks to show its texture.

This is why it's really great having a leaf that has strong, rough texture, 'cause it's gonna make a really strong impression.

Good choice, Izzy.

This artist is using a rolling pin to make an impression by pressing their leaf into the clay slab.

Should we have a look? There we go, we can see them rolling, making an impression, and there we see that impression as they lift off the leaf.

Oh, wonderful.

Something helpful to note is that they've used clay guide sticks to make sure their clay doesn't become too thin.

So can you see those sticks on either side of their slab? That's helping them so that the clay will remain at an even thickness throughout and it won't get too thin? You might like to try that too.

Okay.

It's my turn.

I'm gonna use a rolling pin to create an impression in my clay tile.

There we go.

I'm rolling.

I am pulling off my leaf, and there is the impression.

Oh my goodness.

It looks great.

And now, guess what, it's your turn.

I would like you to use a rolling pin to create an impression in your clay tile.

So remember, use your guide sticks that can help you so that you don't roll the clay too thin, and so it'll be even all the way across.

Place your leaf down on your clay tile, and then you can use your rolling pin to create your impression.

Enjoy having a go at this.

Pause video while you do this.

Oh wow, that looks great.

Well done.

Really, really fab job.

Hope you're pleased with that.

And remember, it's better pressed gently at first when using a rolling pin.

Izzy thinks about what she could add to her tile.

Hmm.

"I think some of the flower heads will add a great texture to my tile." Oh, that's really interesting, Izzy.

Yeah, I can see a lot of great textures on those flower heads.

It's going to be interesting.

And there we have it.

Izzy uses a rolling pin to create more impressions in her tile with those flower heads.

Can you see those impressions that have been made? The stalks, the flowers, the flower heads.

Oh, it's wonderful.

Hmm, Izzy thinks about she could add next.

Seeds might be good to add a different texture.

Oh, I like your thinking, Izzy.

Shall we have a look? Wow.

Izzy has used her seeds to create impressions in the clay.

I love those seeds at the bottom of your tile, the left and at the right side.

Making some really interesting bubbly kind of impressions.

I love Izzy's tile.

What about you though? What do you think of Izzy's clay impressions? Pause the video, share with someone nearby.

I hope you enjoyed sharing your impressions of Izzy's clay impressions.

And now it's time for your first task.

I would like you to select a range of leaves, seeds, and flowers that have textures that you like.

Arrange and press your objects into the clay and then use a rolling pin to make an impression.

So it'll look something like this.

So first you'll have your clay slab, and then you'll take your leaf and maybe your flower heads, maybe your seeds.

You'll press your objects into the clay.

And then with your rolling pin, you roll over them to make an impression.

Enjoy your task.

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Pause here.

Well, you might have created something like this.

Press flower heads into your clay.

Maybe you press some leaves into your clay, and perhaps you use some seeds to create different textures.

Oh, that's a wonderful combination, those flowers, leaves, and seeds.

And now we're onto the next part of our lesson, building textures observed in flowers.

I think this is going to be exciting.

We are taking it to another level.

We're taking it three dimensional in fact.

Take a look at these two creations.

What's the same and what's different? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

What's the same and what's different? Okay, so what did you notice? Well, we can see they're both made from clay.

And in this first creation, we can see that artists compress objects into clay to create impressions.

Some wonderful impressions there I can see of leaves, and seeds, and flower heads.

And in this second example, we can see that they can sculpt different textures from clay.

That's very interesting, and a slightly different approach.

A sculpture is a three dimensional artwork that is made by shaping or carving materials like clay.

Artists use tools to carve or mould the material into the shape they want, creating something that you can see from all sides, so it's not just flat.

Check for understanding.

A sculpture is.

Is it A, an artwork made with pencils? Is it B, an artwork made with wet paint Is it C, a three dimensional piece of art? Pause the video and show someone nearby.

Which of these three would you say describes what a sculpture is? Did you select C? I hope so.

Sculptures are three dimensional, which means that we can see them from all sides.

Artists can use clay to build different textures.

Oh my, have a look at this flower here.

Wow.

And here's Andeep.

Andeep says, "The petals on this flower have a bumpy, hairy texture." I can make the hairs with my clay.

Oh my goodness.

I'm really interested to find out how is Andeep going to make these hairs with clay? I wonder if you have any ideas.

Pause the video here and share with each other.

How do you think he's going to make these hairy petals on this flower using clay? Oh wow, that's how he did it.

This clay has been rolled into fine hair.

So it's been rolled out like this.

Oh wow, great idea, Andeep.

I wonder if you guessed that that's what he would do.

The centre of this flower has a different texture.

Oh my goodness, look at the texture of the centre of that sunflower.

And Andeep says, "The seeds look like little balls squeezed closely together." Oh yeah, let's take a really close look at that sunflower.

Can you see those tiny little seeds like little balls all squeezed together? And this is how Andeep made them.

This clay has been made into bumpy little circles representing those seeds.

Check for understanding.

Which sculpture shows the texture of the petals best.

So there we have that lovely blue flower with the fine hairy petals.

Which of these sculptures shows the texture of those petals? Pause the video and tell someone nearby, Is it A, B, or C? Well done if you selected C.

The clay has been rolled into thin lines like the hairs on this flower.

After an artist has made their different clay textures, they may want to attach their clay to their tile.

They can do this using a slip and score technique.

Should we find out how to do that? First, the artist creates a slip by brushing water onto their clay.

Then the artist gently scores the clay.

This must be done to both pieces.

So scoring is when you draw a line into the clay, and you must do it to both of the pieces.

And the artist can then clear up any excess slip or smoothen the scores.

Okay, now it's my turn.

I'm going to use a slip and score to attach textured clay to my tile.

First of all, I'm going to create a slip by brushing water onto my clay.

Then I'm going to score lines in both pieces of clay, and then put them together, and smooth off any excess clay and smooth down the edges, and now it's your turn.

I would like you to use slip and score to attach textured clay to your tile.

Remember those three stages that we go through.

So pause here while you have a go at this.

Well done.

That looks pretty good.

I'm pretty securely attached, I would say.

And now it's time for your next task.

I would like you to build a texture you've observed in flowers, seeds, and leaves.

You can create different textures from the plants you've observed.

Could create little tiny balls to represent the seeds.

You could roll out pieces of clay very finely to represent hair like petals.

You can use extra pieces of clay to sculpt seeds, flowers, and leaves.

And then you can use a slip and score technique to attach your textured sculptures to your clay tile.

Are you ready for this task? I think so.

Let's go for it.

Pause the video here.

Well, how did you get on with your task? There are many ways you may have approached creating your sculpture.

You may have made dotted lines and textures.

I love all that detail on those leaves and on the seeds.

Wonderful.

Maybe you created circular dents.

Fantastic.

I wonder how those were created.

Maybe you used the back of a pencil.

Perhaps you added extra texture to clay pieces, and maybe you built leaves or seeds, and then attached them using the slip and score technique.

Oh my goodness.

We have covered so many exciting things in this lesson, and you have got some fantastic creations there.

I love these sculptures.

In our lesson today, "Make Flower Sculptures: Texture," we have covered the following.

Know that flowers, seeds, and leaves might have more than one texture, which an artist can depict with clay.

Artists can press objects into clay to create impressions, but they can also sculpt different textures from clay.

Clay can be joined securely using a slip and score technique.

Well done, everybody.

I love the way you joined in with this lesson.

First of all, exploring all those different kinds of textures on flowers, seeds, and leaves.

Creating those impressions using the rolling pin, that was fun.

And then creating your own sculptures and securing them to your tile with the slip and score technique.

I love all these creations that you've brought into the world.

Stay creative, everyone, and I'll see you at another art lesson soon.

Bye for now.

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