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Make flower sculptures: texture

I can use a range of textures to create clay flower tiles.

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Make flower sculptures: texture

I can use a range of textures to create clay flower tiles.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Know that flowers, seeds and leaves might have more than one texture which an artist can depict with clay.
  2. Artists can press objects into clay to create impressions, but they can also sculpt different textures from clay.
  3. Clay can be joined securely using slip and score technique.

Keywords

  • Texture - how something feels when it is touched

  • Impression - when an object is pressed into clay

  • Sculpture - a three-dimensional piece of art made by shaping or combining materials

Common misconception

Texture can only be shown with drawing or painting

Remind pupils that artists might choose to use clay to represent textures as it can show a wide range of different surfaces.


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To ensure pupils can focus on texture, adults may wish to pre-prepare clay tiles for the pupils to work upon. These can be prepared in advance of the lesson, with damp fabric laid over the clay so it does not dry out.
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Equipment

Clay tools, range of plants, seeds and leaves, air drying clay, wooden clay boards, rolling pins, paint brushes, water-pots

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Lesson video

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4 Questions

Q1.
Tree bark is usually rough.
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: True
False
Q2.
Which of these is the best way to colour inside the lines of a drawing?
Scribble all over the page
Correct answer: Use a crayon or coloured pencil carefully
Use a marker to draw wavy lines
Q3.
What shape has 4 equal sides and 4 corners?
Circle
Triangle
Correct answer: Square
Rectangle
Q4.
Which are the parts of a flower? Select all that apply.
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Roots
Trunk
Correct answer: Stem
Correct answer: Flower
Correct answer: Leaves

4 Questions

Q1.
What is this material called?
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Watercolour
Paint
Correct answer: Clay
Charcoal
Q2.
Texture describes how something .
Correct Answer: feels
Q3.
Why is clay a good material to show textures?
Artists like clay textures.
Correct answer: It can show lots of different textures.
It can be made into a smooth texture.
Q4.
A sculpture is ...
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an artwork made with pencils.
an artwork made with wet paint.
Correct answer: a three-dimensional piece of art.