Lesson video

Hello everybody.

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

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

I'm very happy about this because I love art, I love teaching.

And guess what? Today we are going to be creating Flower Garden.

Yes, that's the name of our lesson today.

Combine elements to create a garden.

It comes from the unit, create a flower garden, introducing the seven elements of art.

So today we're going to be bringing together everything that we've learned so far, and I'm really looking forward to it.

I hope you are too, let's get started.

The outcome for our lesson today is I can combine the formal elements and curate my work.

We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn, shape, form.

Let's find out what these keywords mean.

Shape is the form of something made by a line around the edge, and we can see some shapes on our screen there.

Form is something solid, which takes up a three dimensional space.

And we can see that keyboard on our screen.

We have some more keywords.

Let's go through them, my turn.

Your turn, texture, curator.

Texture means how something feels when it is touched.

And a curator, very special person, is a person who selects and organises work to display.

These are our keywords, let's look out for them.

Let's listen out for them.

Let's think carefully about these keywords.

They'll be coming up in our lesson.

Our lesson today is called Combine Elements and Create a Garden.

It has got three parts to it.

First of all, observing shape and form.

Next, we'll be using clay to create different textures.

Oh my goodness, I love clay so much.

And then we'll explore becoming a curator.

So are you ready to begin by observing shape and form? Oh, wow, take a look at this amazing image of a flower that has appeared on the screen.

I would like you to discuss with someone nearby, what shapes do you see in this courgette flower? Pause the video and share with someone.

Okay, thanks for sharing.

I wonder what shapes you came up with.

Did you notice the triangles? This flower has triangle shaped petals.

Andeep is taking a good look at an ivy flower.

I wonder what he's noticed.

Pause the video and share with someone nearby.

What do you think Andeep has noticed about this ivy flower? Andeep says, I can see little circular shapes, but also some long rectangular stems. Great spot Andeep.

And I wonder if you notice those things as well.

Complete this sentence.

In this flower, the shapes are mm and mm.

Pause the video while you share with someone nearby which two words are missing from this sentence.

And if you take a look at the shapes on the flower, that will help you.

Did you come up with circular and rectangular? Let's read the sentence through again.

In this flower, the shapes are circular.

We can see those little circles on the flower and rectangular.

We can see the stems are rectangular.

Well done if you've chose these words.

Check for understanding.

What shape can you see in the petals of this flower? Can you see A circles, B rectangles or C triangles? Pause the video while you share your answer with someone nearby.

Well done if you selected A, indeed, the petals are a circular shape.

Well done if you spotted that.

This artist is making shapes they can see in the flower.

So they've taken their material in hand, shaping it, shaping it a little bit more, and then they're placing it.

How would you describe the shapes that the artist has made? Pause the video and share with someone nearby.

Well done for sharing.

I wonder if you came up with the same answers or different ones.

And now it's my turn.

I am going to make some shapes that I observe in the flower.

I'm going to use my fingers to pinch my material into shape so I can get the shapes I see in the flower.

And now it's your turn.

I'd like you to make shapes that you observe in the flower.

So pause the video here while you take your material in hand and create those shapes that you observe in the flower.

Okay, well done for joining in with that.

I love how you've made a whole different range and variety of shapes.

And you may have found that some of the petal shapes were long and thin, whereas other petal shapes are wide and round.

Great job, everyone, flowers shapes within them, but they also have form.

This means that they are solid and not flat like a drawing on a piece of paper.

Flowers take up space and you can hold them in your hand.

They are three dimensional forms. Shape, this square is flat like a drawing on a piece of paper.

Whereas form is quite different.

This cuboid is solid, it takes up space.

Artists will sometimes observe the form of a flower when they're making a sculpture.

So here's that lovely courgette flower once again, I wonder what you can notice about the form of this flower.

Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Let's see what Andeep has noticed.

The petals bend and curve like the form of an ice cream cone.

The sides also curve inwards.

Oh, really great noticing Andeep.

And I wonder if that's what you notice as well about the form of this flower.

Check for understanding, true or false? The petals of a flower are flat.

Pause video while you decide if this statement is true or false.

Well done if you selected false.

And now I'd like you to say why, why did you choose false? Can you tell someone nearby? Pause the video here.

Maybe you said something like this.

The petals of a flower curve and bend so they're not flat shapes.

They are a three dimensional form.

Great answer there, thank you for sharing.

This artist is making their flat shapes into forms by bending and curving the clay shapes that they have made.

Aha, look at that.

That's really great to see them bending and curving those shapes.

How would you describe the form that they've created? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Thank you for sharing your answer.

I will bend and curve the petals to make forms. And now I'd like you to have a go at bending and curving the petals to make forms. Pause the video while you do this.

Perhaps you came up with something like this beautiful creation.

By bending and curving the petals, artists can create a form.

And now it's time for your first task.

I would like you to observe the shapes in your flower.

What shapes do you notice? And then make your shapes out of clay.

First, you can gather a small piece of clay in your hands.

You can shape it and pinch it using your fingers, and then place it.

Next you can join your shapes together to create a flower form.

Pause the video while you have a go at this task.

There are many ways you may have created your flower, you might have joined your petals to create a form, bent and curved your leaves.

Maybe you used a variety of shapes which you have observed in your flower.

Well done at creating your own flower form out of clay.

And now it's time for the next part of our lesson.

We'll be using clay to create different textures.

Oh, here's that beautiful flower once again.

How could you describe the texture of this flower? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

I wonder if you had different or similar ways of describing the texture.

Different flowers have different textures.

I think each of these flowers has quite a different texture.

And texture is the word we use to describe how something might feel if we touch it.

Some flower petals are smooth and shiny, but other petals have different textures.

How would you describe the texture of this courgette flower? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Here's Andeep, the petals on this flower have a bumpy, rough texture.

I wonder if that's what you thought as well.

This flower has a different texture.

Andeep thinks that the petals on this flower are smooth with gentle ridges and dips like lines.

Check for understanding, true or false.

Flowers always have a smooth texture.

Pause the video and decide whether this is true or false.

And now, can you say a little bit more about your answer? Why did you choose that answer? Pause the video here.

Maybe you said something like this.

Sunflowers have a smooth texture, but others have a rough, bumpy or spiky texture.

Oh, let's take a look at this video.

How is the artist using the clay tool to create texture? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Perhaps you notice that they were using a tool to create this texture and these tools are useful when working with clay.

I wonder if you've ever seen tools like this before.

Artists can use these tools to add texture to their clay.

Andeep is having a good look at the clay tools, and he says, I think this tool might be useful for adding lines and ridges to my petal.

He's chosen the one in the middle.

I think that's a good choice Andeep.

Artists can press the tools into the clay to create different textures.

Izzy is thinking about her flower texture.

My sunflower has a centre which has lots of little circular holes.

Which clay tool could Izzy use? Pause the video, share with someone nearby.

Which one do you think Izzy will use to make those little circular holes in the centre of her sunflower? This is the one Izzy chose.

She uses this tool to create the centre of her sunflower.

Oh, you did a good job with that, Izzy.

This tool has made little circles which look like the texture of a sunflower.

They really do Izzy.

Different clay tools can be used to make different textures.

We can also use everyday objects as tools to make different textures.

For example, you could use a pencil, the point of a pencil to make tiny little holes.

You could use a fork to make a series of lines.

Can you think of any everyday objects that you could use to create textures? Pause the video and share with someone nearby.

I wonder which everyday objects you thought of.

And now it's time for your next task.

I would like you to use tools to add texture to your clay form.

You might use a round tool to create dots and circles like Izzy did.

You might create lines and ridges using a tool with a flat edge like Andeep did.

Or you might use a smooth tool like a small scoop to blend the clay.

Oh, that's a good idea.

So pause the video here and enjoy adding texture to your clay form using some tools.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Oh my goodness.

Look at these beautiful creations you might have created circular dents, used a tool to create a smooth texture.

Used a tool to create lines and ridges, made dotted lines and textures.

These are all looking great.

I hope you enjoyed using those clay tools to create texture.

And now it's time for the final part of our lesson.

Becoming a curator.

A curator has a very important job.

Let's hear from one.

I help to decide what art to display and make sure everything is in the right place for people to enjoy and learn about.

Wow, that really is an important job.

Sometimes a curator will work in a museum or gallery.

Sometimes they will work in libraries, schools or public spaces.

Curators can work in any space which displays art.

Check for understanding.

Which of these statements is true about a curator? Is it that a curator makes artwork, A.

A curator decides what artwork to display, B, or a curator can work in any place which displays art, C.

Pause the video while you decide which statements about a curator are true.

Well done.

If you selected B and C.

Indeed, curators can work in galleries and museums, but they can work in lots of other public spaces too.

Here's Andeep and today Andeep is going to be a curator.

He starts by looking at some of the artwork he and his friends have made for their garden.

Some wonderful drawings, some flowers made using torn up pieces of paper.

Some clay flowers on a tile, a reduction drawing of a flower where rubber has been used to rub out part of the charcoal and flowers made using powder paint and colour mixing.

And here's some printing using vegetables.

And here are some clay textured flowers.

There is a lot of artwork, so I might choose not to include everything.

Yeah, sure Andeep, there's so, so much there to choose from.

I think you'll need to be a bit selective.

He then thinks about the background for the artwork.

That's a good idea, isn't it? I think a plain green fabric background would look like grass.

Love that Andeep.

Andeep wants his artwork to look like a garden.

I think I might group the artwork to make flower beds and vegetable patches, another great idea.

Andeep uses images of soil for each flower bed.

I love how creative Andeep is.

Andeep tries out his first idea with his garden.

This flower bed isn't quite right.

It needs something big and eye catching.

Yeah, I agree actually, Andeep, I can see, I feel like there's something a little bit missing there.

Pause the video, what do you think Andeep could do to make that first large flower bed a little bit more eye catching? What could he add in there? Pause the video, tell someone nearby.

Andeep thinks about what he could do differently.

He makes a change to this part of his garden.

Oh, wow, look at that.

This is much better.

I really notice this flower bed now says Andeep.

Oh yes, I agree, Andeep.

It's a really good idea to add in a big, bold flower right in the centre of your garden.

Andeep thinks about what might make his garden look better.

I wonder if there's too much yellow in these patches.

Hmm, maybe, and now it's your turn.

You think about what might make Andeep's garden look better.

What was the video while you do this.

Oh, that's a good idea.

These flowers are very hard to see against the dark soil.

Okay, yeah, it's interesting.

Andeep tries out another idea.

I love how he keeps going, keeps trying lots of different things.

These two patches look really empty.

I see what you mean Andeep.

Just that one tile, and just that one image perhaps does make it look a little empty.

Andeep thinks about what he could do differently.

I could try using more artworks to fill those spaces so my garden looks vibrant and full.

What a fantastic idea Andeep.

Andeep is now happy with his garden.

Yeah, I like the way he's increased the size of that tile and he's added two more of those sunflower production drawings.

"I really like the way my garden now looks", says Andeep with a smile on his face.

It's your turn now, I would like you to curate your garden.

Gather together the artwork you have made.

Think about the background you want to use and then explore different ways of laying out your work until you are happy, until you have that nice big smile on your face like Andeep had.

So pause the video here while you curate your garden.

Okay, you might have done something like this.

Use the artwork you've made.

Thought about how you would group your work.

Explore different ways of organising your work.

Used a green grass background, well done everybody.

You're not just artists, you are curators.

Wow, you've been so busy over this unit of lessons and you've done a terrific job, well done.

In our lesson today, combine elements and make a garden, we have covered the following.

Natural forms have shape, shapes can be joined and moulded to create forms. Artists can show different textures with clay using clay tools.

Curators decide how to display artwork in a wide range of spaces.

Well done everybody, you have worked so hard and I hope you're feeling great about how you've brought all of this artwork you've created together to curate your own garden.

They look terrific, well done artists and curators.

I'll see you at another lesson soon, bye for now.