Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

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

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

I'm very, very happy about this for so many reasons.

One, because I love teaching, two, because I love art, and three, because our lesson today is called Create a Chalk Planet, and I love planets, I love space, I love chalk.

Oh my goodness, there are so many great things in life to love about this lesson.

I hope you're feeling excited as I am.

This lesson comes from a unit called Moon and Space, Drawing and Mixed Media.

So if you are excited about space, the moon, planets, drawing, trying out different materials, I think you're in the right place.

Let's begin our lesson.

The outcome for today's lesson is, "I can use a range of chalk pastel techniques to draw a planet." Doesn't that sound exciting? Chalk pastels, different techniques, planets, oh, I'm really thrilled about this lesson.

Let's find out more.

We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them, My turn, your turn.

Here we go, chalk pastels.

Layer.

Great to hear about those.

Let's find out what these words mean.

Chalk pastels are a soft and powdery art material, and we could see an image of some very colorful-looking chalk pastels on the screen.

Our next keyword is layer, and this means materials placed one on top of another, and we can see an image there, which shows some layering of art materials.

Let's go through the next keywords as well.

My turn, your turn.

Blend.

Inspire.

I liked hearing those words loud and clear.

Let's find out what they mean.

Blend means mixing colours or shades together smoothly, and inspire is when artists look at something and make artwork about it.

And I have a feeling somebody is being inspired by planets 'cause we can see an image of a planet there.

Okay, these are our keywords.

Let's make sure we're looking out for them.

Let's listen out for them.

Let's think carefully about these keywords.

They will be coming up in our lesson today.

Our lesson is called Create a Chalk Planet.

It has two main parts to it.

First of all, using chalk pastel techniques, and next, draw a planet using chalk pastels.

Shall we begin with using chalk pastel techniques? Oh my, I can see a very colourful, wonderful-looking image on the screen.

What is this that has appeared in front of us? What is the name of this material? I'd like you to pause the video and tell someone nearby what's the name of this material? What did you come up with? Maybe chalk pastels.

So chalk pastel can be black and white, like we can see here on a screen, or they can be bright and colourful.

There are all kinds of different chalk pastels that we can use, black and white ones or bright and colourful ones.

Chalk pastels are a special material because they are soft and powdery.

This means they can be blended and layered.

Do you remember those are two of our keywords? They come in a rich, vibrant range of colours.

Oh my goodness, could you see how many colours there are in that pile of chalk pastels? Wow, I think there must be at least 10 different colours there.

I'd like you to pause the video and tell someone nearby, which is your favourite colour of chalk pastel.

I wonder which colour you selected.

I like so many of them, but maybe for today, my favourite is that bright, vibrant orange that we can see on the top of the pile.

Check for understanding.

True or false? Chalk pastels only come in black and white.

Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Is that statement 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 is that? Why did you choose that answer? Can you say some more? Pause the video and share with someone.

Perhaps you came up with an answer like this.

Chalk pastels come in black and white, but they also come in a wide range of bright and vibrant colours.

Well done if you had an answer like this.

Artists can use pastels to achieve a range of different effects in their artwork.

Jacob is going to experiment with different effects he can create with chalk pastels.

By exploring different ways of using the chalk pastels, Jacob can discover what effects he likes most.

Yeah, I love that.

That's what exploring and experimenting is all about.

Jacob starts by stippling with the pastel, and Jacob tells us that this technique might be good for creating small marks.

So that's what stippling is, creating small marks or small dots with your material.

Hmm, I quite like the look of that stippling.

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

How do you think that stippling looks that Jacob has just created with his pastel? Thanks for sharing.

Jacob then uses the flat edge to create wide marks.

Oh, look at those, looking really great, Jacob.

And Jacob says, "I like that I can cover a wide space with this technique." Yeah, a really good idea to do that, Jacob.

You can cover so much more.

Jacob then uses his stencil on dark paper with the chalk pastels and Jacob says, "This way of using the pastel gives a really dramatic effect.

Yeah, I can see that there's a lot of drama and contrast in what you've created there, Jacob.

I love it.

Jacob tries a blending technique.

He says, "I'm going to blend different colours of pastel together." First, he draws two colours next to one another.

He then uses a tool, like a finger or paintbrush, to blend the chalk pastels together.

That's a really great technique, Jacob.

I like that.

This artist is also using blending with chalk pastels.

Let's have a look.

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

Thanks for sharing.

Perhaps you noticed that the artist is using two different colours of chalk pastel, and then blending them together using their fingers.

I will have a go at using the blending technique with chalk pastels.

Two different colours of chalk pastels, blending them together using fingers.

And now, it's your turn.

I would like you to use a blending technique with chalk pastels.

Pause the video while you have a go at this.

Fantastic, I really like the way you blended together those two colours.

Chalk pastels are easy to blend as they're soft and powdery.

Jacob then experiments by layering his chalk pastels.

He says, "I like the way I can mix colours using this technique." Yeah, I love that, we've got greens, blues, yellows, all mixed in together there.

Layering chalk pastels can create a range of soft colours.

And now, it's time for your task.

I would like to experiment with using chalk pastel techniques in different ways in your sketchbook.

You might think about using stippling to create dots and marks like we saw Jacob doing, first of all, or you could use a pastel on its flat edge.

You could combine a stencil with your chalk pastel, create something dramatic.

You might like to try blending two or more colours together or layering two or more colours together, where you're putting one colour on top of the other.

Enjoy your task Experimenting and exploring using different chalk pastel techniques in your sketchbook and I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on? I wonder.

You might have your stippling.

It's looking great.

Perhaps you blended your chalk pastels.

Maybe you used the flat edge of the chalk pastel, or perhaps you layered your chalk pastels one on top of the other.

Maybe you went for the drama and used a stencil to create something with your chalk pastels.

I love seeing all of these techniques.

I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Well done, everyone.

And now, it's time for the next part of our lesson, which is draw a planet using chalk pastels.

Now hold on, I'm gonna give you some warning because we're about to have a look at a very exciting image.

Are you ready? Wow, here it comes.

And I would like you to look so carefully because I would like you to tell me what space images do you see in front of you.

So pause the video here and I want you to name all the different things to do with space that you can see in this image and share with someone nearby.

Okay, how many different things did you see? I wonder, did you spot the spaceship? The rocket, yeah, it's right there, blasting off in the middle of our screen.

Oh my goodness.

I love that.

How about did you see some spaceships either side of the rocket? Did you see the planet, a sphere up there on the right hand side? Perhaps, is that the moon shining in the distance? And look at all of those stars.

Oh my goodness.

And could that be the planet Earth that the rocket is blasting off from? Wow, so many things to have spotted in this image.

It's making me feel very excited.

I wonder how you're feeling.

Pause the video.

Tell someone nearby.

How do you feel as you look at this image? Many artists have been inspired by the planets and space.

This means they've looked at space and wanted to create artwork about it.

Some artists might be inspired by ideas of planets, stars, or even the idea of aliens.

Oh my goodness, look at this planet.

What about this planet inspires you? Pause the video, take a very good look at it, and then tell someone nearby, what about this planet inspires you? Okay, I wonder what you came up with.

Perhaps you were inspired by the shape of this planet.

It's a beautiful sphere, isn't it? Maybe we're inspired by the colours, some really beautiful colours and shades and tones of yellows and oranges and browns.

What else inspired you? Maybe the patterns.

There's a lot of lines and then there's some swirling patterns, some circular patterns.

So many inspiring things to do with this planet.

I hope you enjoyed sharing them.

Some artists who have been inspired by space include Peter Thorpe, Peter Kalkhof, and Katie Paterson.

Peter Thorpe takes inspiration from images of rockets and planets, whereas Peter Kalkhof is inspired by the spherical shape of the planets.

Katie Paterson creates sculptures and installations inspired by space.

Each artist has taken inspiration from space in a different way.

Check for understanding.

Inspiration means.

Is it A, looking at something and wanting to make artwork about it? Is it B, stealing an idea? Or is it C, copying an artwork using chalk pastels? We pause the video here while you decide which of these three explains what inspiration means.

Well done if you selected A.

Indeed, artists can take inspiration from lots of different places, and artist might take inspiration from space.

What is something that inspires you when you create art? What do you like to draw? What are you interested in? For example, are you inspired by animals? Are you inspired by plants? Are you inspired by people? Are you inspired by food? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Thanks for sharing what inspires you.

Oh wow, here's that beautiful planet again.

This artist is going to use this planet as inspiration for their artwork.

They start by drawing a circle on dark paper, great shape to start with.

They then layer chalk pastels using curved lines.

So remember, if they use straight lines, it wouldn't feel three dimensional, like a sphere, so they're using curved lines and they're layering them one on top of the other.

Next, they blend their chalk pastels for the brighter areas of the planet.

Check for understanding.

Let's remind ourselves about blending.

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

We can see there that the artist has used their finger to blend two colours together.

The artist then uses stippling and mark-making to add texture.

So they've added in some little dots, some shapes, some squiggles, some swirls.

It's time for your next task.

I would like you to draw a planet using chalk pastels.

Here's what you'll do.

First of all, you're going to draw a circle on dark paper.

Next, you're going to layer chalk pastels using curved lines, curved lines, one on top of the other.

Next, you're going to blend your chalk pastels for the brighter areas of the planet.

And finally, you're going to use stippling and mark-making to add texture.

You might add dots, circles, swirls.

I hope you enjoy drawing your planet using chalk pastels.

Pause the video here and I'll see you when you're finished.

How did you get on, everybody? How are your planets? You might have created something like this, wow.

Perhaps you've drawn your planet on dark paper.

Perhaps you blended your chalk pastels for the brighter areas of the planet.

Maybe you layered chalk pastels using curved lines.

And perhaps you used stippling and mark-making to add texture.

This planet looks fantastic.

You have done a terrific job, everybody.

I hope you're feeling so proud of yourselves.

These planets are out of this world.

In our lesson today, Create a Chalk Planet, we have covered the following; artists can experiment with different chalk pastel techniques; blending and layering can be used with chalk pastels to create different effects; artists might take inspiration from different parts of space, including planets.

Well done, everybody, for going on this fantastic, cosmic, outer space journey of exploring chalk pastels, and then creating our own chalk planet.

You did a great job blending, layering, stippling.

Oh my goodness, you've been so busy.

I am feeling so proud of what you've achieved and I look forward to seeing you at another art lesson soon.

Bye for now.