Lesson video

Hello everyone.

Hi there.

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

My name is Ms. Afzal.

I'm feeling great today.

I'll tell you why, because I am gonna be teaching you this lesson today.

And I love teaching.

I love art.

I'm gonna be your art teacher, and our lesson is very special.

It is called "Create Planets and Stars Using Collage Papers." Oh my goodness, I love planets, I love stars.

Do you? Do you like looking up at the night sky and seeing the stars? It comes from the unit of work, moon and space, drawing and mixed media.

And mixed media means all sorts of different art materials.

I wonder if you like exploring different art materials.

Well, let's get on with our lesson today.

We have got a lot of exciting things to do.

Let's begin.

The outcome for our lesson today is, "I can use templates and monoprinting to cut out shapes accurately." Let's find out what's involved in our lesson today.

There are some keywords.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Scissors, template, monoprinting.

Great stuff.

I liked hearing those words loud and clear.

And now let's find out what these keywords mean.

Scissors are a tool used to cut paper and we can see some scissors on the screen now.

Template, this is a guide that helps you to copy something and we can see some guides, there's some circles on the screen.

And finally, monoprinting.

This is to create a one-off copy of something and there is an image of something that will help us to do some monoprinting.

These are our keywords, let's be on the lookout for them.

Let's listen carefully for them and let's think about these keywords.

They will be coming up in our lesson today.

Our lesson is called "Create Planets and Stars Using Collage Papers." And it has two parts to it.

First of all, using scissors to cut templates.

And next, making stars with monoprinting.

Are you ready to begin with using scissors to cut templates? Here we can see Laura and Jun, and they are going to be preparing to make a collage artwork about space.

(Afzal gasps) Wonderful.

Really, really exciting topic.

Love that you chose that, Jun and Laura, they're going to be using scissors to cut out stars and circles for their planet.

Hey, there's our keyword, scissors, did you spot that? Let's go through it again.

My turn, your turn, ready? Scissors.

Great stuff.

Loved hearing that.

And let's hear from Laura.

She says, "I'm really excited, but I'm not great at cutting out fiddly shapes." Hmm, hey, Laura and here's Jun.

"We need to make sure that we are using the scissors properly." Absolutely, we've got to be really careful with scissors.

Hmm, take a look at how this person is using the scissors.

How could this person use scissors in a better way? Pause the video and tell someone nearby, how could this person use scissors in a better way? Okay, I wonder what you came up with.

Maybe you noticed that there are a few things that could be improved with the way this person is holding scissors.

They're holding the scissors pointing towards their body.

So that's not really safe.

So that's important to make sure that the scissors are not pointing towards the body.

Next, their thumb is on the bottom rather than at the top.

Now let's take a look at someone who's using their scissors correctly.

Now, I wonder if you could tell someone nearby, what is this person doing that's different? How are they using their scissors correctly? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Okay, I wonder if you spotted these things.

They're holding the scissors pointing away from their body.

That's much safer.

And their index finger is on the bottom and their thumb is on the top.

Well done if we spotted that as well.

This person is using their scissors correctly.

This artist is using scissors.

Take a look at how they are using their scissors.

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

I wonder, did you notice that the artist is moving the paper rather than the scissors? Can you see that? They're turning the paper around and around, but the scissors stay in the same place.

Let's do a check for understanding, true or false? "Scissors should be held using the thumb and the index finger." Is that true or false? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected true.

And now I wonder if you could say a little bit more about your answer.

Well, why? Why is that the case? Pause video here.

Maybe you shared that, the thumb should be on top and the index finger on the bottom.

Well done if this is what you said.

Back to Jun and Laura.

So Jun and Laura are discussing cutting out their shapes.

Here's Laura, "The planets are round so we are going to need to cut out lots of circles." True.

And Jun, "It's difficult to draw circles, so I'm going to use a template to help." Great idea, Jun.

And did you spot the keyword? Yep.

We've got template in there, let's go through it again.

My turn.

Your turn.

Ready? Template.

Wonderful.

Love to hear that.

And do you remember that a template is a guide that helps you copy something? Jun is planning to use scissors to make templates.

Oh, I like that sentence 'cause it's got two of our keywords in it, scissors and templates.

"Templates are a guide or shape that artists can use." And we can see that Jun has got three circular templates, circles to represent the planets.

Artists might use templates for several reasons.

The same shape can be repeated accurately several times, more complex shapes can be cut out as the artist is following a guide.

Jun starts by choosing his first template.

I'm going to start with the largest circle for my biggest planet.

Good idea, June.

He then uses his scissors to carefully cut along the dotted line.

And do you remember, is he going to be moving the paper or moving the scissors around as he cuts? Pause the video, tell someone if I.

Yep, it's the paper that he'll be turning around and the scissors will stay in the same place.

Jun cuts out two more templates of different sizes.

I'll be able to cut out lots of planets of these sizes as I can reuse my templates.

Great idea.

"Jun and Laura look at a range of papers they have made using different marbling techniques." They made this one with powder paint.

They made this one with a suminagashi technique and they made this one with shaving foam and ink.

They've been so busy with their marbling.

"Jun decides to start with the blue marbling paper." "I'm going to use this paper for my biggest planet." "Jun does not want to waste paper." "If I put my template in the middle of the paper, I'll only be able to cut out one planet." Hm, what do you think Jun should do? Pause the video, tell someone nearby, instead of putting his template in the middle of his paper, what could he do? I wonder what he came up with.

Maybe something like Jun's idea.

June does not want to waste paper, so he moves his template to the edge of the paper.

"Now I can fit in lots of planets from the same piece of paper." Yeah, great thinking, June.

And I wonder if you had that idea too.

Check for understanding, which image shows where a template is correctly placed, is A, B, or C? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected C.

"A template should be placed so it does not waste paper." "Jun will use a loop of masking tape to hold his template in place." This means I can draw around my template without it moving around.

I love all these good ideas that Jun has.

June draws around his template using a pencil.

He then removes the template, so he can see his pencil circle.

Can you see that outline that he's drawn? "Jun is now ready to cut out his planet." Can you remember how to correctly hold the scissors? Pause the video, tell someone nearby.

Yep, well done, thumb at the top and index finger at the bottom.

And now it's time for your first task.

Using scissors, templates and marbled papers cut out your planets.

So here is how you'll do this.

First of all, cut out your planet templates using scissors.

Place your templates on the marbled paper.

Attach your templates using masking tape.

Draw around your template carefully and then finally cut around the circle that you have made on your marbled paper to reveal your planet.

Enjoy your task.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

All right, how did you get on with that task? You might have created some fantastic looking planets like these.

Oh wow.

You may have used your scissors to cut out your planets.

You might have cut out planets of different sizes and used your templates more than once.

Well done everybody, these planets look terrific.

And now we're onto the next part of our lesson making stars with monoprinting.

Are you ready? What is the artist doing to copy these shapes? They are using a process called monoprinting.

That's another one of our keywords.

Let's go through it.

My turn, your turn, ready? Monoprinting.

Fantastic, let's find out more about monoprinting.

"Artists can use templates to help cut out shapes accurately." "They can also use monoprinting to help cut out shapes accurately." "Monoprinting means to create a one off copy of something." Check for understanding.

"Which two methods could an artist use to help them cut out planets and star shapes?" Templates and scissors, templates and monoprinting, monoprinting and scissors.

Pause the video.

Tell someone nearby which two methods could an artists use to help them cut out planets and star shapes? Well done if you selected templates and monoprinting, both of these methods help an artist to copy shapes accurately.

Scissors are a tool for cutting, they're not a method.

Oh my goodness.

Look at these beautiful stars.

They make me feel very happy.

"This artist has made star shapes from different papers using monoprinting to help to copy the shape." "They started by colouring over the back of their star shapes with crayon." "They then place the star shape over their collage paper." "The artist uses masking tape to hold the star in place." That's a good little tip.

Check for understanding, which image shows the first step in monoprinting, is it A, B or C? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected A, "The artist starts by colouring over the back of their star shapes with crayon." "This artist is drawing over their star shape with a sharp pencil." What do you notice? And they're following the lines of the star carefully.

So what do you notice happens after they have drawn over their star shape, following the lines carefully with a sharp pencil? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you notice this, they have created an outline on the paper by drawing over the lines with a sharp pencil.

"The artist then cuts out the star shape, following the lines they have drawn using monoprinting." It's time for your next task.

Guess what? You are going to use monoprinting to create stars.

Can you remember the steps to this process? First of all, you're going to use a crayon to colour the back of your star.

Next, use masking tape to attach your star to your paper.

You draw over the lines of your star using a sharp pencil.

And then once you've got that outline, you cut out your star shapes carefully.

Enjoy your task of using monoprinting to create stars.

And I will see you and all of your stars when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

It's great to see you all again.

And look at all these beautiful stars.

You might have used scissors to cut out your stars carefully, used monoprinting to create your star shape.

Used a variety of papers to create stars.

Well done everybody.

These stars are looking wonderful.

You've done a great job.

In our lesson today, "Create Planets and Stars Using Collage Papers," we have covered the following.

"Scissors should be used with the thumb upwards, moving the paper to cut." "Templates can be used to help an artist cut the same shape several times." "Templates and monoprinting are both processes that can help an artist to cut shapes accurately." Oh my goodness.

You have done such a great job today.

You've been using your scissors safely.

You've learned how to use templates and you did some monoprinting.

And look at the planets and the stars made from your marbled paper that you have created.

Wow, I hope you're feeling so very proud of yourselves and I am excited to see you at another art lesson soon.

Bye for now.