Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

It's Mrs. Franzsen here.

Welcome to Computing.

I'm really glad that you are here learning with me today.

Let's get started.

By the end of this unit, you'll be able to change the style of your digital tools to work in different ways in a painting programme.

Let's go through our keywords for today's lesson.

We're going to go through these with my turn, and then your turn.

Are you ready? The first word, my turn.

Paintbrush size.

Your turn.

That's great.

The size of a paintbrush is how big the paintbrush is.

Next word, my turn.

Click/tap.

Your turn.

A click is a short press on a mouse, and a tap is a short press on a touchscreen.

Next word, my turn.

Drag.

Your turn.

That's great.

A drag is when you hold down the mouse button and move the mouse, or you keep your finger on the touchscreen while moving it.

In the first part of this lesson, we are going to learn how to change the size of the paintbrush.

Are you ready? Let's go.

You can change how the paintbrush looks in a painting programme.

The colour can be changed.

The paintbrush size can be changed.

Did you hear one of our keywords there? Paintbrush size.

I've put a picture of the menu in my painting programme at the bottom here in the blue section, so you can have a look.

See if you can see where I might change the paintbrush size.

You can pause here and have a little think about that.

True or false? The paintbrush can change size but not colour.

Pause the video and have a think.

Oh, the answer was false.

Why? It was false because the paintbrush tool can change size and colour.

You can change both of those things with the paintbrush tool.

So this is how I change the paintbrush size in my painting programme.

I click on the number, and then I choose a larger number to make a bigger brush, and I can choose lots of numbers, and the larger the number is, the bigger the paintbrush size will go, all the way to 25 here, just like that.

Right, we've got a task here for you.

It says test the different paintbrush sizes by drawing lines of different thicknesses and colours.

Using your paintbrush tool, create five lines that are different colours and sizes, and you can choose any sizes and any colours.

I want five lines in your painting programme, and I want you to have changed the colour and the size for each one.

It's time to pause the video now to go away and have a go at that, and I'll be here when you get back.

Welcome back.

Well done for working so hard on your task.

I'm sure you painted some beautiful lines.

Here is what I made in my painting programme.

Let's count my lines.

I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 lines, and I've got five different colours, so hopefully you will also have five lines in your painting programme that are different colours and sizes.

In the second part of this lesson, we are going to use dots of colours to create a digital picture.

Georges Seurat was a French painter.

He lived from 1859 to 1891.

Seurat created Pointillism.

Have a look at this picture, and see if you get any clues about what Pointillism means.

You can pause the video and have a think about that.

Pointillism uses lots of dots to create artwork.

Everything in this picture is made using tiny dots of colour.

Wow.

Look closely at this picture as I zoom in to Seurat's image.

Let's see if you can spot the tiny dots.

Can you see them yet? Let's go a bit closer.

How about now? Can you see the dots? If we go really close to Seurat's image, we can see that the whole picture is made up with tiny different-colored dots.

This is my Pointillism picture.

Can you see the dots? Let's look up close, and we can see how my picture is made from lots of small dots.

I made my picture by changing the paintbrush size.

Did you hear that keyword there? Paintbrush size.

I made dots by clicking with the mouse on my computer.

You can also make dots by tapping on a touchscreen.

There's our keywords.

Did you hear them? What were they? Well done.

We heard clicking and we heard tapping.

These are ways to make dots in a painting programme.

In the painting programme, we have made lines of colour by dragging.

When you drag, you hold and move your finger or the mouse.

Where was our keyword? That's it.

Well done.

You might have heard dragging.

Drag is one of our keywords.

When you drag, you hold and move your finger or the mouse.

Clicking the mouse or tapping the screen makes dots.

Here's an example.

I am dragging my mouse to make the lines of colour, and I am clicking my mouse to make the dots.

Right, I would like you to fill in the blanks here.

When using a mouse, you can make dots by.

You can make lines by.

Pause the video and see if you can fill in the blanks.

Well done for having a go and working on your answers here.

Let's see what I wrote down as my answers.

Fill in the blanks.

When using a mouse, you can make dots by clicking.

Well done if you got that right.

You can make lines by dragging.

So clicking and dragging are really important tools to have when you are making your digital pictures.

Right, we've got another task here.

I would like you to create your own Pointillism picture.

Can you remember what Pointillism was? Pointillism is a style of art where you create a picture by using lots and lots of dots.

I would like you to choose an image to base your picture on.

I've given you a choice of three images here, and on the next page, they're nice and big for you to see as well.

Once you've chosen your image, I want you to make dots by clicking or tapping.

Don't forget that you should be changing the size of the paintbrush to make different sized dots.

I want you to use small dots to fill in the spaces in between the bigger dots.

When you are done, I want you to think of two stars and a wish for your picture, and I'm going to explain that in a moment.

Here are the images you can use to base your picture on.

It might be helpful to pause the video here if you are getting ready to begin your picture.

When you are done with your picture, I want you to think of two stars and a wish.

So two stars means I want you to think of two positive things about what you've made, and one wish is that I want you to think of one thing that you would like to improve for next time.

It's time to go and create your Pointillism artwork now.

Remember that I first want you to choose an image.

Then, I want you to use small dots of colour to make that image in your painting programme.

Remember to change the paintbrush size and use small dots to fill in around the bigger dots in your picture.

Once your picture is done, I want you to think of two stars, two positive things, and a wish, one thing you would like to do even better next time.

Pause the video now and go off and work on your task, and I'll be here when you get back.

Well done for working on your Pointillism paintings.

I hope that you used lots of small dots, and I hope that you also changed the paintbrush size and the paintbrush colour when making your artworks today.

For your two stars and one wish, here are some things that you might have said about your painting.

For two stars, I changed the paintbrush size, that's a positive, and I used big dots and small dots.

For my one wish, I wrote that next time, I would like to use even smaller dots.

I wonder what you wrote for your two stars and one wish, and if it was similar to mine or it might have been different.

That's okay too.

You have worked so hard today.

Let's go through a summary of what we have been learning.

In painting programmes, you can change the paintbrush tool style.

You can change the colour or the paintbrush size.

In a painting programme, clicking the mouse makes dots.

You can also make dots by tapping on a touchscreen.

Dragging your finger or the mouse makes lines.

Well done for all of your hard work today.

Thank you for learning with me, and I can't wait to see you next time.