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Print and pattern with vegetables

I can print simple motifs to create patterns.

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Print and pattern with vegetables

I can print simple motifs to create patterns.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Repeating motifs creates patterns.
  2. Ink and rollers can be used to create prints using vegetables.
  3. Digital prints can be created by copying and pasting an image to create repeated patterns.

Keywords

  • Pattern - a repeated arrangement of shapes, colours, lines or motifs

  • Motif - a recurring theme, idea, symbol, or pattern in a work of art

  • Print - a design made by pressing ink or paint onto paper

Common misconception

Patterns can only be made with shapes and lines.

Remind children that shapes and lines can be used to make patterns, but motifs can be used to create more complex patterns.


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Encourage children to explore and discuss the patterns and motifs they can make with a wide variety of vegetables. Small group work on large trays with a single ink colour may be helpful when planning this lesson in order to mange materials.
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Equipment

A variety of vegetables, printing ink or ready mixed paint, printing rollers, printing trays, large outdoor trays, loose paper.

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Lesson video

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4 Questions

Q1.
What happens when you mix two primary colours together?
You get the same colour.
Correct answer: You make a new colour.
The colours turn black.
Q2.
What is a palette used for in art?
to put water in it when painting
Correct answer: to put paint in to keep your paint colours together
to put it on and wear it before you start painting
Q3.
Which of these images shows a pattern?
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q4.
Match the words to the right description.
Correct Answer:watercolour paint,paint mixed with water that is see-through
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paint mixed with water that is see-through

Correct Answer:powder paint,comes in powder form and needs water or petroleum jelly to mix
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comes in powder form and needs water or petroleum jelly to mix

Correct Answer:acrylic paint,a thick paint that dries quickly
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a thick paint that dries quickly

4 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is an example of a motif in a pattern?
a wiggly line
Correct answer: a row of hearts
a line
Q2.
Which of these prints have been made with a sweetcorn cob?
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q3.
Which primary colour is missing?
An image in a quiz
green
orange
Correct answer: yellow
Q4.
What can you use to make a digital print?
Correct answer: a tablet
a pencil
a computer
a sewing machine