Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Mayes, and I am so pleased you have chosen to learn with me today.

We are going to have a really exciting lesson.

I am here to support you for any challenges that you might encounter.

We are gonna have a really great time.

Let's get started.

Let's have a look at our learning outcome for today.

I can create a range of patterns and marks using drawing tools I have made.

I think this is going to be a really fun lesson and making our own drawing tools sounds really exciting.

Let's have a look at our key words for today.

The first word is pattern.

I'm going to say the word and I would like you to say the word after me.

Let's have a go.

Pattern.

Very good.

Repeat, just like we are doing now.

And viewfinder.

Excellent.

Well done.

Let's have a look at the meanings together.

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

A repeat is to use the same shape, colour, or line multiple times to create a pattern.

And a viewfinder is a tool, like a small frame that helps you focus on and choose what part of a scene you want to look at.

Here are our learning cycles for today.

Our first learning cycle is all about making patterns.

What is a pattern? Here is an example.

You can see in this pattern there are three different shapes, which are three different colours, and they are repeated over and over.

We have a triangle, a rainbow shape, and a cross, and then we have a triangle, a rainbow shape, and a cross repeated.

A pattern is something that repeats in a regular way.

You might notice a pattern when you look at shapes, so here we have those same shapes, but this time, they're not different colours.

You might notice a repeating pattern in colours.

Here we have yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow, red.

And you might find a pattern in numbers.

You might have come across these in maths before.

Here our pattern is 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, and 1, 1 2 again.

All of these are different ways of having patterns.

Where else might you notice a pattern? Now it's time for you to answer a question.

Have a look at the pattern here.

What comes next? We have yellow, red, yellow.

Now it's your turn to think about what would come next.

Pause the video here, or I will pause to give you time to think.

Well done.

It was read.

Did you answer that correctly? A great amount of thinking there.

Artists might be inspired by the patterns in the world around them.

Can you see the pattern here on this treat bark? It's a bit different than some of the patterns that we have looked at before.

Patterns do not have to be exactly the same every time, but they follow a rule or idea and repeat with little changes each time.

These are often the patterns that we get in the natural world or in nature.

Here we have three examples of different patterns in the world around us.

We have a jumper with a knitted pattern, and you can see the shape isn't exactly the same every time, but it is repeated.

In the next image, we have bricks.

Each brick is slightly different.

It has different marks on and different lines, but the shapes are basically repeated, so we still call it a pattern.

And finally, we have these two lovely zebras in front of us.

Can you see the pattern? That's right, it's stripes, but each stripe might be slightly different.

Maybe wider or longer than the line before, but it is still a pattern.

What would happen if a pattern did not follow any rules? That's right.

It wouldn't be a pattern if there wasn't a shape, colour, or line repeated.

Anwar Shemza is an artist who likes to use patterns.

In his work, "Untitled, 1959," he repeats similar shapes and ideas, but he changes them just a little bit each time to make it interesting.

And we will often see this in art, where artists use patterns, but it's not exactly the same every time.

Now it's your turn to answer a question.

True or false? To make a pattern, each shape and colour needs to be exactly the same.

Pause the video here, or I will pause to give you time to think really carefully about your answer.

Well done for giving that a really good go.

Let's have a look at the answer together.

It was false.

Let's have a look at why.

In order to make a pattern, an artist might repeat a shape or a colour.

The shapes and colours do not have to be exactly the same each time, but they will follow the same order or idea, just like we saw in those lovely natural patterns earlier.

I have a look at this artist creating patterns.

What shapes are repeated by this artist? So can you see right at the start, we have a square followed by a triangle and a square and a triangle again, making a pattern.

This time the artist is using circles and dots, but notice again, the circles aren't exactly the same size and they're not exactly the same shape each time.

Finally, we have a wibbly-wobbly line followed by a dot, and that idea is repeated over and over.

Now we're going to have a go together.

I'm going to make a pattern drawing shapes and lines.

Remember, we've got a square, a triangle, a square, and a triangle.

We have circles and dots.

And then finally, that wibbly-wobbly line, followed by a dot to separate each one.

Now it's your turn.

You are going to make a pattern drawing shapes and lines.

Pause the video here to give yourself time to complete that task.

Well done.

Let's have a look at what your answer might have looked like.

You might have drawn some shapes and lines that look a little bit like this.

Remember, those repeated shapes are roughly the same but not perfect.

The shapes are not exactly the same, but it is still a pattern.

Well done.

Some really lovely shapes that you've come up with there to make your patterns.

Artists can also use a viewfinder to help them find a pattern in the world around them.

This is what a viewfinder might look like.

A viewfinder is like a little window made of paper.

This tool helps an artist focus on a small part of what they see, making it easier to spot repeating shapes or colours.

Let's have a look at how they might be used.

Jacob is using a viewfinder to help him find patterns.

Here, he's looking at some patterns he might find in grass.

He says, "I can see lots of lines, sometimes going in the same or in different directions." Can you see those lines too? We've got little lines going all over the place when we look at the grass.

Here is a different object with patterns.

He uses his viewfinder to find a different pattern here.

There are lots of triangle shapes, pointing in different directions.

A little bit like the grass earlier.

These triangle shapes though are going up and down and across and pointing all over the place, and he's using his viewfinder to help him see those patterns.

Let's have a look at these snails together.

What might Jacob's pattern look like when he draws these snails? Look really carefully at the shapes that you can see are repeated along with the lines that are also repeated.

Well done.

You might have seen these swirling lines and also some curved lines being repeated on the shells of the snails.

Now it is time for your first task of today's lesson.

Your first task is to use a viewfinder to find patterns in the space around you.

Your viewfinder might look a little like this.

The patterns or the things you might see around you might include snail shells, a grid or a cover, or some grass.

Your second part of that task is to make a drawing of what you find in your sketchbook.

You can pause the video here to give you time to look carefully at the world around you using your viewfinder.

I can't wait to see all the wonderful patterns and lines that you spot.

Well done.

Some great searching out of patterns there.

You might have used a viewfinder to draw some swirls on those snail shells, something that looked a little bit like a drain cover with a pattern on.

You might have seen Z-shaped patterns in the world around you.

Again, on some of those grids or drain covers.

You might have seen lines going in lots of different directions when you looked at grass.

And you might have found something wooden, with those lines and swirls all combined to make the grain of the wood.

Some great searching out of patterns there.

Well done.

Now it is time for our second learning cycle of today.

We are going to be creating a drawing tool in this learning cycle.

Artists can use these tools to make marks, a pen or a pencil.

These are tools that you might have come across before.

They can also use these tools to make marks.

So a stick, a cup, and some straws to blow their ink.

We might have even done that before.

Drawing tools do not always look like pens and pencils.

Now it's your turn to have a quick check on your understanding.

Which image shows a drawing tool? Is it A, a pencil, B, a stick, or C, some string? Pause the video here to give you time to think carefully about your answer.

Let's have a look at the answer together.

This one hopefully made you think really hard.

It was in fact all three could be correct.

A pencil can be used to draw patterns, but a stick can also be used by dipping both ends in the ink.

A piece of string can also be dragged through ink to make patterns.

So all three can be used as drawing tools.

Artists can also make their own drawing tools from different materials.

Here we have a feather, an elastic band, some glue spreaders, some string, a paper roll, and a paintbrush.

All of these can be used at those drawing tools.

Different materials can help artists to make different patterns.

Sofia is making some drawing tools from materials she has found.

Here.

She has some elastic bands and a glue spreader.

She's thinking about how she could use these materials.

She says, "I might try twisting an elastic band around the glue spreader." That's a really good idea, isn't it? She could wrap a few around and see what happens.

That would make a really exciting drawing tool.

This is Sofia's drawing tool to make repeated marks and patterns.

Ah, so she wrapped her elastic band around both ends of her drawing tool.

I think the ink will make interesting marks with this tool.

I agree with Sofia.

I think this is going to do something very interesting when we dip it into the ink.

Let's have a look at what she made.

Sofia uses her tool to create a pattern.

Notice that Sofia is using her tool in different ways.

Sometimes she's pressing it onto the paper, but other times, she's dragging it along the paper, and in that way, she's making a more interesting pattern.

She says, "If I dab it in the ink, I can make lots of different marks on my paper." She can, can't she? In what other ways could Sofia make a pattern with this tool? We've already talked about dabbing and dragging.

What else could she do? Did you have any ideas? I thought perhaps she could use it on the end and press it down, like this.

Now it's our turn to have a go together.

I'm going to make a drawing tool using these materials, a feather plus some string.

My drawing tool looks like this, where I have tied the string around the feather.

You are going to make a drawing tool using these materials.

Have a go.

Pause the video here to give you time to complete that mini task.

Well done.

Your drawing tool might look a little bit like this.

By making different drawing tools, an artist can create lots of different patterns, which is just what we are looking for today.

Here is your final task of today's lesson.

Your first task is to make a range of drawing tools.

You might choose any of the materials that you can find around you.

Here, I have selected a feather, an elastic band, some glue spreaders, some string, and a cardboard tube.

Think about how you could use those tools together and how you can combine them in interesting ways that are going to make some really exciting patterns.

Your second part of this task is to use your drawing tool to make patterns.

You might use your sketchbook or large paper, but remember, a pattern must repeat a shape or an idea.

So think carefully about how you can use your drawing tools to create those repeating patterns.

Your drawing tools might look a little bit like this after task 1.

Pause the video here to give you time to complete that task.

With that careful thinking, I know you are going to do brilliantly with.

Let's have a look at what you might have made.

There was some really great thinking there, especially about repeating those lines and shapes and patterns.

Well done.

Your sketchbook might look a little bit like this.

You might have used a feather on its end or on its side with something wrapped around it.

You might have used a glue spreader with elastic bands wrapped around, or maybe even string.

That created the lines and patterns we saw earlier.

The feather and string can also make lined patterns by dragging them across the page.

Here, the cardboard tube wrapped in string was dabbed along to make those interesting patterns.

And the paper tube wrapped in string made this pattern.

Again, with a little bit of rolling.

Perhaps your work looked a little bit similar.

Let's have a look at what we have learned today.

You have learned that artists can create patterns by repeating shapes and lines.

You know that artists can record patterns and detail in observed forms, using tools such as a viewfinder to help them.

And you now also know that artists can make patterns using different kinds of tools, including ones that they make themselves.

I think you have done so well with today's learning and created some really interesting drawing tools.

I think I quite like to have a go with your drawing tools too.

Thank you so much for joining me for today's lesson.

I'll see you again soon.

Bye.