Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

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

My name is Ms. Afzal, and I am going to be your art teacher today.

There are a lot of reasons why I'm very happy about that.

One, because I love teaching, Two, because I love art, and three, because of today's lesson.

Our lesson is called "Print and Pattern with Vegetables." Oh my goodness, I love eating vegetables, but guess what, we're gonna be printing and making patterns with vegetables.

How exciting is that? Our lesson comes from a unit which is called "Create a Flower Garden: Introducing the seven elements of art." There are lots of different elements and exciting things that we can discover about art, and this is gonna be one of them today as we do some printing.

Are you ready to get started? You're going to need some enthusiasm.

You're gonna need some energy.

You'll need some focus and some ideas, and of course some vegetables.

Shall we begin? The outcome for today's lesson is I can print simple motifs to create patterns.

I think that sounds like a lot of fun.

I'm excited about this lesson.

Let's find out more about what's taking place today.

We have some key words in our lesson today.

These are words that will come up a few times in the lesson, so it's really worth us finding out a bit more about them.

Let's go through these words.

My turn, your turn.

Pattern.

Motif.

Print.

Fantastic.

I like hearing those words loud and clear.

Let's find out what each of these key keywords means.

A pattern is a repeated arrangement of shapes, colours, lines, or motifs.

And we can see on that image there this shape that has been repeated a few times.

We're gonna find out more about that wonderful shape.

Motifs.

Motif is a recurring theme, idea, symbol, or pattern in a work of art.

Again, we're gonna look at that same image, and we're gonna see what is this image that keeps recurring in this work of art.

And print.

A print is a design made by pressing ink or paint onto paper.

Printing is a lot of fun.

I think we better get into this lesson.

Start having a good time.

Our lesson is called print and pattern with vegetables.

It has two parts to it, making printed patterns with vegetables, and then creating digital patterns.

Oh wow.

We are gonna cover a lot today.

Let's begin by making printed patterns with vegetables.

Patterns can be made with shapes.

Oh, I like that pattern that's been created there.

Can you see this repeating pattern? We have a triangle, an arch, a cross, a triangle, an arch, a cross, triangle, arch, and a cross.

Love that pattern.

Or through lines.

We've got three diagonal lines going down, three diagonal lines going up, three down, three up.

Patterns can also be made with motifs.

And remember motif, that's one of our keywords.

It's a repeated theme, idea, symbol or pattern in a work of art.

A motif can be more complex than shapes and lines alone.

I'd like you to take a very good look at this work of art on screen.

What motif can you see in this design? So what can you see that has been repeated? Pause the video, have a good look, and then tell someone nearby.

All right, what did you spot? What motif did you see? Maybe you spotted the pumpkin.

Another pumpkin.

Oh my goodness, and another, and another.

They just keep coming.

The motif of a pumpkin has been repeated many times throughout the pattern.

And here we can see some of those pumpkins that have been repeated.

Can you pause here and count all of the pumpkins that you can see on the screen, even if there's only half of a pumpkin or a little bit of a pumpkin.

Pause the video while you count and tell someone nearby.

How many pumpkins or parts of a pumpkin can you see? Well done for finding all of the pumpkins by repeating a simple shape to create a motif, a more complex pattern can be created.

So there we can see the shape of the pumpkin.

There it is.

And we can repeat it, and we can repeat it, and we can repeat it.

And as well as having that same shape, we've also created a bit of a pattern.

We've got one up here, one a little bit further down, one up, and then one down.

And then we can also flip them around and have them upside down.

One at the bottom, a little higher up, one at the bottom, and one little higher up so we can make our patterns even more complex.

Check for understanding.

True or false.

Patterns can only be made with shapes and lines.

Pause the video while you decide.

Is this true or false? Well done if you selected false.

And now can you say why? Can you say a little more about your answer? Pause the video.

Share with someone nearby.

Maybe you said something like this.

Shapes and lines can be used to make patterns, but motifs can be used to create more complex patterns.

Well done if you had an answer like that.

Here's Lucas, and Lucas wants to create a pattern using a vegetable motif.

He says, "I like the texture and the pattern on the leaves of this cabbage." Oh my goodness, Lucas, I see what you're saying.

Everybody, let's take a close look at this cabbage.

Can you see all of the texture and the patterns on the leaves of this cabbage? Let's pause while we take a very good look.

So how is Lucas going to make his pattern? I wonder.

Well, first of all, Lucas is going to roll ink onto his cabbage leaf.

So he's got his cabbage leaf, he's got his printing ink, and he says, "I'm making sure that I cover all of the leaf with ink." Yeah, that's important.

If we can cover all of the leaf, then we're gonna get the best print from our cabbage leaf.

Let's watch this video of the artist preparing a leaf to create a print.

So can you see that the artist is rolling the roller, first of all, on the ink, and then onto the cabbage leaf.

Oh, can you see that going all the way to the edges of the cabbage leaf? We wanna cover the whole of the leaf in ink, all the way down the middle, up to the top, and the sides.

That's looking pretty well covered in ink.

They're being careful to roll ink to the very edges.

Lucas creates a print from his leaf by pressing the ink leaf onto clean paper.

Oh my goodness.

I'm excited to see what this is going to look like.

Should we see? Oh wow.

That's a great-looking print of a cabbage leaf, Lucas.

I like it.

And now I'm going to have a go at rolling my ink onto a cabbage leaf to create a print.

So I'm gonna roll my roller in the ink, and then I'm going to cover my cabbage leaf with the ink.

I'm going down the middle of the cabbage leaf up to the top, and then all the way out to the edges on each side, making sure that the whole of my cabbage leaf has been covered in ink.

And now it's your turn.

I would like you to roll your ink onto a cabbage leaf and create a print.

Pause the video while you do this.

Well done, everybody.

Well done for having a great go at that.

And we can see here that ink has been rolled to the edges of the leaf to create the print.

It's looking good.

Lucas can repeat this process to create a pattern using a cabbage leaf motif.

Here's a cabbage leaf, and here it is.

And here are the prints of that cabbage leaf.

And he's repeated this pattern.

So he's gone four times across the top, then he's gone four times in the middle, and then four times underneath.

Oh, I love this pattern.

Check for understanding.

Which motifs have been made by a cabbage leaf? Pause the video and share with someone nearby.

Well done if you selected A and C.

Both of these prints look like a cabbage leaf, even if they're in two different colours.

So different coloured inks have been used here.

And here's Sofia.

Sofia is thinking, hmm, about using a different vegetable motif for her pattern.

Pause the video.

Which vegetable do you think Sofia is going to use? Have a guess, turn to someone nearby, and tell them which vegetable.

Sofia has chosen some sweet corn, a cob of sweet corn.

And here she is.

I'm going to choose a sweet corn cob to create a print.

What a fantastic idea? I wonder if you thought of that.

Sofia starts by rolling ink onto her sweet corn cob.

She's got her sweet corn cob, she's got her ink, and she says, "I need to make sure each kernel is covered with ink." That's really gonna give her the best print if she can cover the whole thing in ink.

She thinks about how she can use her vegetable to make a print.

Do you have any ideas? How could she use her sweet corn cob to make a print? And so you know, she's taken off all of the leaves, the outer leaves, and she's just got the cob.

What do you think? How will she use this to make a print? Pause the video.

Tell someone nearby.

This is what Sofia decided to do.

"As the kernels are repeated shapes, I will roll my cob across the paper." I love that.

So, it's interesting, isn't it? The sweet corn cob is kind of a similar shape to actually a roller that we use for printing.

Sofia makes a print of her sweet corn cob, and this is what it looks like.

She says, "I really like the way all the kernels are slightly different." She make a really interesting motif.

I agree, Sofia.

What about you? Do you agree? Pause the video.

Tell someone nearby.

What do you think about Sofia's print of her sweet corn cob? This artist is making a print using a sweet corn cob.

Let's have a look.

Oh wow.

Can you see how they're carefully holding just each end of the sweet corn cob and then rolling it across the paper as if it was a roller? And look at this wonderful print they're making.

What a fantastic idea, Sofia.

They cover the sweet corn in ink and roll their cob across the paper to create a print.

And now I'm going to have a go at making a print using a sweet corn cob.

And now it's time for you to have a go.

I would like you to make a print using a sweet corn cob.

So first of all, you're going to coat your sweet corn in ink.

And then you're going to hold it at each end and roll it across your piece of paper.

Enjoy making your print.

See you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

And maybe your print looks something like this.

Artists could roll or press this vegetable to create their print.

Some artists might combine different motifs within one artwork.

So here we can see there's some of that lovely sweet corn cob that's been rolled out.

Then we have three prints of the cabbage leaf, more sweet corn cob, more cabbage leaves, and more sweet corn cob.

That's a great combination.

It's time for your first task.

I would like you first of all to choose which vegetables you would like to use to create your motifs.

Will it be cabbage? Will it be sweet corn? Will it be pak choi or maybe some other vegetable? You're gonna roll ink over your vegetable.

Remember to coat it thoroughly all the way to the edges in all directions.

And then you're going to roll or press your vegetable onto your paper.

And then you can repeat your motif or choose a new one to create a pattern on your paper.

So pause here while you have a go at creating your own motif using vegetables.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

So maybe you came up with something like this.

I like the colours that have been chosen here.

I like the patterning and these wonderful motifs.

Perhaps you pressed or rolled your vegetable onto your paper.

Maybe you've chosen more than one vegetable to print with and repeated your motif to create a pattern.

Well done, everybody.

And now we're onto the next part of our lesson, creating digital patterns.

Art can be made on many different devices, a tablet, a phone, a laptop or computer.

Using technology can sometimes help us to create designs.

And we can see Lucas and Izzy there are busy on their devices creating some fab designs.

Artists can make prints using ink and rollers.

Artists can also make prints using a digital device.

Check for understanding.

Which image shows a digital device? Is it A, B, or C? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected B.

This tablet is a digital device.

Sometimes apps or digital devices might have these tools.

When you see this image, it means copy.

That's the copy tool.

And if you see this image, it means paste.

That's the paste tool.

These tools can be useful for making a digital print.

Izzy is going to make a digital print using part of her ink print.

I like that combination of the ink and a digital, Izzy.

What a great idea.

So she takes a photograph of her image on her digital device.

She's got her ink print of the cabbage leaf, and she photographs that.

She then selects the copy tool for her image.

Remember that one? That's the copy tool there.

She selects that, copies her image, and then she uses the paste tool to create a copy of her image.

There we go.

When we use the paste tool like that it, it will make a copy of our image.

Izzy can also use a rotation tool to change the direction of each of her prints.

Izzy says, "I can click on this small circle to change the direction of my print." Izzy repeats this process to create her digital print.

I can use different inks to create a pattern with colour as well as a vegetable motif.

Oh my goodness.

There are so many things, so many combination of things that we can do when we're making a digital print.

So we have the cabbage leaf, and then it's been repeated.

It's been copied and pasted there, and it's been rotated, so it's in a different direction, and it's in a different colour.

And then we've gone back to the brown cabbage leaf facing upwards, and then the blue cabbage leaf facing in the other direction, and then the brown cabbage leaf once again.

That's a great pattern, Izzy.

It's looking good.

And now it's time for your task.

I would like you to choose a vegetable motif to photograph.

Then select the copy tool for your image and then select the paste tool for your image.

And then copy and paste your image until you have made a repeating pattern.

And remember, you could use the rotate tool so you can turn around the direction of your motif.

So pause the video here and have a go at creating a digital pattern with your vegetable motif.

I'll see you when you're finished.

You might have created something amazing like this.

Maybe you chose one of your vegetable motifs to photograph, then you selected copy and paste tools to repeat your image.

Maybe you used a rotation tool to change the direction of your image.

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

These are looking wonderful.

So many fun things you can create with vegetables.

In our lesson today, "Print and Pattern With Vegetables," we have covered the following.

Repeating motifs creates patterns.

Ink and rollers can be used to create prints using vegetables.

Digital prints can be created by copying and pasting an image to create repeating patterns.

I thought this was so much fun creating these patterns, using vegetables and ink, and then digital prints.

I hope you enjoyed yourselves too, and I look forward to seeing you at another lesson soon.