Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

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

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

I'm really very happy about that because I love teaching, I love art, and I'm excited about what our lesson will cover today.

Today's lesson is called Chalk Prints.

We are going to be doing some printing.

We're going to be using chalk.

It's gonna be a lot of fun.

The lesson comes from the unit, which is called Moon and Space: Drawing and Mixed Media.

So mixed media means using different kinds of materials.

I wonder if you've experimented with different art materials before and how that was for you.

Hope you had a great time, and I especially hope that you're gonna have a great time in our lesson today.

Shall we begin? The outcome for today's lesson is, "I can create a print using chalk, pastels, and water." That sounds really exciting to me.

Let's find out what else is involved in today's lesson.

We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Print.

Marbling.

Chalk pastel.

I loved hearing those words loud and clear.

Let's find out what these words mean.

Print is a way of making a copy of something.

And we can see a print there on the screen in the top righthand corner.

Marbling is floating inks or pigments on water, and then transferring this onto paper.

Oh my goodness, look at that beautiful image of marbling.

We can see on the screen in the middle to the right.

And chalk pastel.

This is a soft and powdery art material, and we can see a whole pile of beautiful, colourful chalk pastels there.

I wonder if you've used them before.

They're a lot of fun.

These are our keywords.

Let's be on the lookout for them.

Let's listen out for these keywords.

They will be coming up in our lesson today.

Today's lesson, chalk prints, has two parts to it.

First of all, there's the introduction to printing, and next, creating prints with chalk pastels.

Shall we begin our introduction to printing? Oh my goodness.

Look at this image.

Wow! I'm finding it very mesmerising, which means I'm lost in it.

I'm finding there's so much about it that is so beautiful and interesting.

So once we've finished looking at this artwork, let's have a talk about it.

What type of artwork is this? If you know, pause and tell someone nearby.

Okay, what did you come up with? I wonder.

This artwork is a print.

Remember, that's one of our keywords.

Shall we go through it one more time? Ready? Print.

Fantastic.

When artists make a print, they are making a copy of something.

This is a bit like when your shoe leaves a print in sand.

Have you ever done that: had a walk across some sand and had a look at your footprints that you've left behind? There are lots of different ways to make prints.

Let's take a look at some.

Wow! We can see three very different ways of making prints.

Artists might choose to use monoprinting, woodblocks, or engravings as a form of print.

Marbling is also a form of printing.

Remember, marbling is also one of our keywords? Should we go through it one more time? My turn.

Your turn.

Ready? Marbling.

Fantastic.

It was good to hear that.

Let's have a check for understanding.

What is a print? Is it A, using pencils and pens? Is it B, a way of making a copy of something? Or is it C, creating an artwork with fabric? Pause the video while you decide what is a print and tell someone nearby.

Did you come up with answer B? It's a way of making a copy of something.

And there are lots of different ways to make prints, including marbling.

Art historians, these are people that study the history of art, are not exactly sure where marbling came from.

Some historians think it was invented in Japan nearly 900 years ago.

Others think it was invented in Persia over 400 years ago.

It became a popular way to decorate paper in Britain around the year 1800, over 200 years ago.

So what we can be sure of is that marbling has been around for a very long time.

And here, we can see someone is actually having a go at marbling.

Marbling is made by floating inks or pigments on water, then transferring the inks onto paper.

It's a two-step process.

Oh, my goodness! Take a look at this example of marbling.

I love the way with marbling that there are all these patterns and swirls and shapes and colours intermingling and mixing up.

Wow! Pause the video and tell someone nearby what do you like about marbling? What do you like about this image here? Thanks for sharing.

And this print has been made by swirling ink across water and then taking a print from that.

Here's another example of a print.

This is a Suminagashi print, a type of marbling that comes from Japan.

Suminagashi is a Japanese paper marbling technique.

It's like painting on water.

Imagine you have a bowl of water and you drop different colours of ink or paint on top.

The colours float and you can swirl them around to make cool patterns.

Then you gently press a piece of paper onto the water and the pattern sticks to the paper.

When you lift it up, you have a beautiful, one of a kind design.

Check for understanding.

True or false? Marbling was invented in Britain.

Pause the video while you decide, is that true or false? Well done if you selected false.

And now I'd like you to say a little bit more about your answer.

Why did you choose that answer? Pause the video.

Share with someone nearby.

Perhaps you said something like this.

Art historians are not exactly sure where marbling was invented, but it was certainly popular in places such as Japan a long time before it was brought to Britain.

And now it's time for your first task.

I would like you to share your ideas about the three different marbling prints below.

And you can use the sentence stems to help you.

Oh, my goodness! Look at these three examples of marbling prints.

And you could use sentence stems like this.

I like this marbling best because.

And you could use that for whichever marbling print you like best.

Or you could say something like this: This marbled print reminds me of.

Or you might say something like this: I dislike this marbled print because.

if there's one that you don't like so much.

So pause the video here.

Take a very good look at these three different marbling prints and then share your ideas about them.

And remember to use the sentence stems to help you.

And I'll see you when you're finished.

It is good to be back with you.

How did you get on with that task, sharing your ideas about the marbling prints? Let's hear from Aisha.

She says, "I like this marbling best because I like the simple swirled circles." I know what you mean, Aisha.

There is something really beautiful in that simplicity.

Here's Andeep.

"This marbled print reminds me of the Earth scene from space." You know what? There was something that was reminding me of those colours and I couldn't think what it was.

Of course, Andeep.

It's like the planet Earth.

There's blues and greens.

Oh, well done for spotting that, Andeep.

Here's Jacob.

"I dislike this marble print because it's too busy and there's too much to look at." Okay, that's fair enough, Jacob.

That's how you find that print.

We all have different views and opinions.

We all have different ideas because we are all unique, so we all have our own ways of looking at things, and that's okay.

I hope you enjoyed sharing your ideas, and I wonder if your ideas were similar or different to each other's.

And now we are onto the next part of our lesson.

We are gonna get busy.

We're gonna be creating prints with chalk pastels.

Are you ready? Take a good look at this planet.

What colours do you notice in this planet? Pause the video.

Tell someone nearby.

I wonder what colours you spotted.

Sofia is going to make a marbled artwork inspired by this planet.

She will use chalk pastels as her pigment.

And do you remember chalk pastels is another one of our keywords? It's that wonderful soft, powdery art material.

She thinks carefully, hmm, about the colours she would like to use in her print.

Which colours do you think she's going to use? Pause the video.

Tell someone nearby.

Sofia says, "I'm going to use hot oranges, pinks, and reds for my chalk pastel print." Great idea, Sofia.

Sofia now needs to prepare for making her print.

She will need a printing tray, a disposable knife or spoon, a bottle or jug of water, and thick paper.

Check for understanding.

What equipment is needed to create a chalk pastel print? A, a pencil.

B, a printing tray.

C, a jug or bottle of water.

Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

What equipment is needed to create a chalk pastel print? Well done if you selected B and C.

You definitely need a printing tray and some water, but for this artwork, you do not need a pencil.

Next, Sofia fills a shallow printing tray with water.

And she says, "I can use a bottle to fill up the tray so it will not spill." Yeah, good idea, Sofia.

We don't want too many spillages now, do we? Sofia waits for the water to become still and then uses her wooden knife to scrape the chalk pastel dust onto the water.

I wonder, had you guessed that that's how she was going to get the chalk pastel onto the water? And she says, "Now I have to scrape the chalk over the water tray." And here, we can see this artist is scraping their chalk pastels onto the surface of the water.

What do you notice? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Perhaps you notice that the chalk does not sink, but it floats on the surface of the water.

So now, I'll have a go at scraping my chalk pastels onto the surface of the water.

And then I'd like you to have a go at scraping your chalk pastels onto the surface of the water.

So pause the video while you do this.

Oh, well done.

That's looking really great.

I like the mix of colours you've chosen.

And the chalk pastel dust can be hard to see sometimes as it's very fine.

But don't worry, it's there.

Sofia then uses paper to lift the chalk pastel from the water to make her marbled print.

And look at that.

It's really looking wonderful.

Sofia says, "It's a really interesting effect.

Next time, I will use more pastel to make the colours stronger." Yeah, good idea, Sofia.

So we can see that the more pastel used, the more intense and stronger the colour will be.

If we use less, then we might get a lighter effect.

Okay, it's over to you.

It's time for your next task.

I would like you, first of all, prepare to create prints using chalk pastels.

Choose a planet or space-themed image to use as inspiration for the colour palette for your chalk pastel print.

Select the chalk pastel colours that you'll use to create your print.

You may like to use any of these incredible images to inspire you.

And then I would like you to create your print using chalk pastels.

So first of all, you'll want to gather up your materials.

Remember what you need? Your chalk pastels, a bottle or jug of water, some strong paper, a printing tray, and a disposable knife or spoon.

Then I want you to fill your tray with water, and then just wanna wait for a minute and allow it to become still.

It's quite nice just to be really quiet and still for a moment.

And then you're gonna scrape your pastel onto the surface of the water using the cutlery.

And then finally, you'll place your paper on top and lift off your print.

You could use circular paper to make your print look like a planet.

Pause the video here while you have a go, at first preparing for and then creating your own print of a planet using chalk pastels.

Enjoy your task.

Okay.

It's great to be back with you.

I wonder if you did all of these things.

You might have carefully pressed your paper onto the water's surface to make your print.

Might have experimented with different coloured chalk pastels, maybe different amounts of chalk pastel to get a stronger or lighter effect.

Your prints might include: The colours you saw in your chosen planet.

Pockets created by air bubbles, which look like craters.

That's a great effect.

Smaller amounts of pastel towards the edge of the paper.

A thick or thin layer of chalk pastels.

Well done for creating your prints.

They look amazing.

In our lesson, chalk prints, we have covered the following: Printing in art means to make a copy of something.

Marbling is a form of printing, as artists make a copy of the inks or pigment floating in the water.

Historians are unsure where marbling originated, although it is thought either Japan or Persia are most likely.

It's most likely that you are feeling really proud of yourselves right now, at least I hope so, 'cause you have made a fantastic print using chalks.

You did all your preparation, and then you've got this wonderful finished creation.

I'm really looking forward to seeing you at another art lesson soon.

Bye for now.