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Year 1

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In this very practical lesson, we will be taking a look at some photographs of the oldest paintings known to mankind. We will then move on to replicating a cave painting ourselves by working with a parent or carer to create natural paints from items we can find in our kitchen.  

Cave paintings

﻿Hello there, my name is Miss Davies, and your name is? Well, hello, and it's lovely to meet you if I haven't met you already, and welcome to unit two of art. This unit, we are going to be going on a painting journey together. Can you give me a wave in the air now if you love painting and you do it lots in your spare time, can you give me a wave? And can you give me a wave in the air now, if you don't really paint that much, maybe a little bit in school, can you give me a wave if that's you? And can you give me a wave if you've never painted before in your life? Give me a wave if that's you. Well, I hope that you have had at least one painting experience, but whether you're completely new to painting or you paint every day, this unit is for everybody of all levels. And hopefully by the end of it, you'll be able to say that for one, you love painting and you enjoy doing it, it makes you feel better. And two, that you know a little bit more about mixing colours, using different techniques, and you can talk about the history of art. Okay, let's see what we're doing today. Let's get started. In today's lesson, you are going to be making your very own paints with a parent or carer using some things you find in our cupboards or fridge. Let's have a look at some of the equipment you're going to need to get now. You're firstly going to need some thick card or paper. Don't worry if you only have normal printing paper, that's fine, but it's just preferred that you use thick card or paper when we paint in this unit. You're also going to need a paint pallet or some jars or pots to put your paints in when they're created. And of course, you're going to need an apron or an old painting shirt. I like to choose this shirt for me. It's not something I wear out of the house, and I only use it when I paint, so it doesn't matter if it gets messy. If you don't have an apron, maybe you could pause the video now and talk to your parent or adult about finding a painting shirt. There are some other things you will need later on in the lesson when we actually begin to make our paints. But you'll probably be in the kitchen for this, and I will tell you what the equipment is when you need it. But you don't need anything else other than thick card or paper, paint palette, and an apron or an old shirt for now. So pause your screen now to go and get it, and press play when you're ready to carry on. Let's have a look at what we're going to get up to in today's lesson. Firstly, we're going to look at our star words. Then we're going to be learning all about the origins of painting. And that means we're going to be looking at really old paintings to find out where painting really began. After that, we're going to be watching how to make some paints at home, using things in your cupboard and fridge. After that, with the help of a parent or carer, you will go off to make some of your own paints. And finally, you're going to be using your paint to recreate a painting that you have seen in today's lesson. Okay, it's time for our star words today. I'm going to give you an action along with the star word, and I want you to repeat that back to me. Do you think you can do it? Fantastic, sitting up straight. First word, pigment. Your turn, pigment, well done. And a pigment is something that gives a particular colour. Can you say that with me? A pigment is something that gives a particular colour. One more time. A pigment is something that gives a particular colour. Well done. Next word, liquid. Your turn, liquid. I'm thinking of a liquid, I'm thinking of the liquid milk. Can you tell me the name of another liquid? Did you say one? Well done, next star word, crushing. Your turn, crushing. Fantastic, and last one, mixing. Your turn, mixing. Fantastic, and crushing and mixing, crushing and mixing, they're both doing words, they are both action words and they're actions we're going to be using today to create our paints. To begin our lesson, I said we're going to be learning about the origin of painting. And this meant that we're going to be looking at some really old paintings, and these are thought to be the first paintings ever created. To do this, we need to go in a little bit of a time machine. So I'm going to ask you to close your eyes just for a moment, and I'm going to tell you when you can open them again. So keep your eyes closed. And I want you to picture a time and a world when there wasn't any phones or tablets or computers, there wasn't any televisions or lights or electricity or cars, and there definitely wasn't any houses or roads. Are you picturing that world? Fantastic, we're talking about a time over 40,000 years ago. Wow, that's a really long time ago. And now I want you to open your eyes and have a look at the painting in front of you. This is a painting that is thought to be over 40,000 years old. And the reason that it still exists today is because they are hidden deep, deep inside the middle of caves. Most of them have only been discovered in the last 100 years. Let's have a look at some more of these cave paintings together. Have a look at this next cave painting on your screen. Tell me something you can see. Did you spot the animals in the cave painting? You did? Can you point to the biggest animal that you can see painted on the wall? Well done, and can you find and point to a really small animal painted on the wall? Did you see one? Fantastic, and did you also see some paintings that look like maybe bodies of a human. You did? Well, nearly all of the cave paintings found include pictures of animals. They don't always include pictures of humans. I'm going to tell you some of the most common animals painted on the walls, and I'm going to give you an action with it. I want you to repeat after me. Are you ready? Mammoths, horses, lions, deers, bisons. Fantastic, we're going to go a little bit faster now. Are you ready? Mammoths, horses, lions, deers, bisons. Great job. There are also so many paintings that include hands and symbols, and there are experts out there today researching in to whether these symbols might have been the first form of graphic communication. Graphic communication is something we do every day today. We do it with emojis and road signs and warning signs and pictures on food, containers and bottles that we drink. Graphic communication is all around us, but it's thought that these early humans, 40 thousands of years ago might have been doing this themselves. Let's have a quick recap question now. Think back to the animals that I said were mostly painted on the cave walls. Can you spot the odd animal out here? Which animal did I not say was mostly painted on cave walls? You've got three seconds to point to the one you think is the odd one out. Three, two, one. Did you point to the leopard? Fantastic. Now, leopards were sometimes created and painted on cave walls but not as common as the other animals in this picture. Can you have a guess now? What colour paint do you think that the early humans mostly painted with? Can you tell me the two colours from looking at this picture? Did you say black and red? Well done, good spotting. And they would make these paints by finding something, an object or a material around them that had a pigment. And this was a star word, wasn't it? And a pigment was something that gives a particular. Did you say colour? Well done, you'd be right if you said colour. So to make the black paint, they had to use charcoal, and they would crush the charcoal. Can you show me crushing? They would crush the charcoal down to get the pigment, so the black colour from the material. To make the red paint, they would use red stone and they would do the same thing, they would crush it. Can you show me crushing action? Fantastic, and once they had crushed their pigment down, they had to mix it with a liquid to help get a paint solution. And do you want to know what yucky liquids they used to make their paints? They used saliva. So the spit in your mouth. And they used animal fat as well. How yucky is that? We're not going to be using animal fat or saliva to make our paints today, but I thought that was quite interesting to share. So, to summarise, the early humans found a pigment, so something that would give them a colour. Then what did they do? They crushed it down and they added and mixed it with a liquid. And it might've been saliva, their spit or animal fat. And once they did this and they mixed it, they got their paint. So let's try to remember now a similar recipe and method that we can use to make our paints today. Are you listening? 'Cause you're going to need to say it with me after. Pigment plus liquid equals paint. Can you say that with me? Pigment plus liquid equals paint. And one more time, pigment plus liquid equals paint. And a bit faster, pigment plus liquid equals. Well done. Well, I thought we could have a look at how I made one of my paints at home in my kitchen, and you're going to see a video of me making it in just a moment. I found a pigment and my pigment was found by crushing some raspberries that I had in my fridge. And then I mixed it with some liquid. Remember, I said we're not going to use spit or animal fat today, but we're going to only really need to use a little bit of water, or if you want to be a bit experimental you can try to use some egg whites. And once I mixed those together, I was able to create a paint. Can you remember the two actions we're going to be using to make our paints today? If you can, I want you to listen out for all the possible answers I'm going to give you. And if you think the answer is correct, I want you to give me a nod. So remember, we're looking for two correct answers and give me a nod if you think it's the right one, okay? Are you ready? Melting. Are we going to be doing melting today? Crushing, stretching, mixing, I'm going through it one more time. So now you know the answers, and you're going to nod for two, ready? Melting, crushing, stretching, mixing. Did you choose crushing and mixing? Gave me a big thumbs up and a pat on the back for you. Well done, you have been listening so well so far. I'm going to ask you to pause the video now to go and make sure an adult or a parent is with you for the next part of our lesson. Press play when your parent or adult is with you. So your aim for today is to make at least one natural paint using items found in your fridge or cupboard. And I say aim to make one colour paint because you might only have one item in your house that will help give you a strong pigment for your colour of paint. Instead of deciding what colours you like to choose what paints you're going to make, You need to think about what you have in your fridge or cupboard first. Here are some examples of items that you might have at home that can give you a strong pigment for your paint. The items highlighted in pink right now are items that may need to be stewed in hot water to release their pigment. So a parent or carer will need to do this part themselves to keep you safe. The same goes for if you're going to cut and chop any strawberries or other fruit or vegetables that you might be using today to help get your colour pigment from. Please make sure the parent or carer does this part so you are safe. For my paints, I use turmeric, leftover beetroot and some raspberries that I had in the fridge. You're going to need a pestle and mortar. If you don't have one of these, you can use a mixing bowl and a rolling pin or a wooden spoon. You're also going to have to need a sieve, a measuring jug and a paint palette or some dust that you're painting. Oh, and a spoon. So first we need to crush down our item to release the colour we will use for our paint. So crush, crush, crush, crush, crush, crush, crush, keep crushing until you end up with something like this. And then you want to push whatever you crush through a sieve because you really don't want any lumpy bits in your paint. It won't be as nice to paint with. I like to make sure I scrape off any excess from the bottom of my sieve. We don't want to leave any behind. And then it's time to add our liquid, that is water. And I just mix mix, mix all the spoon until I had a nice red consistency for my paint. I did the same thing with my beetroot and I crushed it, crushed it, crushed it. I would definitely recommend using smaller amounts if you're going to crush your beetroot because it was a lot puffy to crush than I thought it would be, I had to use a lot of my muscles. And then I did the same thing, I pushed it through a sieve so I could drain the liquid out from the lumpy parts. And I was left with a really strong red pigment. Again, I added some water and mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, until I can see it's a nice, clear, and consistent colour. Since the turmeric I use is already in a powder form, I don't need to crush it because it won't get any smaller since I had added it straight to my measuring jug and mixed it with water immediately. I really liked this colour, it came out really nice and bright. And there you have it. Here are three natural paints I made in my kitchen, some items from my fridge and cupboard. I have to have a go at creating my own pave painting inspired picture. And reflecting on my paint making experience, I would say if I was to do this activity again, I would definitely only add a teaspoon of water because adding too much liquid can definitely make the colours feel less vibrant and more dull. So I recommend that to you, add a small amount of water up first, and test out your paint to see if you're happy with it before adding more. Pause the video now to complete your paint-making activity. And after you've made your paint, I want you to complete a painting inspired by this picture on your screen now. Or maybe you want to choose one of the cave paintings we looked at early on in the lesson. Press play when you've completed all of this and you're ready to finish the lesson by talking about your experience. Welcome back. I'm going to guess that you've finished your cave painting and you're making paint activity. And maybe you have your cave painting in front of you or it's somewhere else in the house drying. And can you give me a big thumbs up or a big nod if you enjoyed that activity? Well, I really enjoyed making my paint. I made the colours yellow and red. Can you tell me a colour paint that you made today? Can you tell me now? And can you tell me what food item or something in your cupboard or kitchen that helped you get that pigment for your colour paint? Ooh, and can you also tell me if you drew an animal in your cave painting, what animal did you draw? And now I want you to have a little bit of a think and a reflection on the activity. I know that when I reflected on my paint-making activity, I said that I think I added a little bit too much water. And because I did this, I didn't get a really strong colour that I wanted in my paint. Is there anything that you would do differently if you were to make your paint again? Maybe you can start your sentence with, if I did this again, I would. Can you tell me now? Well, that was a lot of fun, and I really hoped you enjoyed getting stucking, crushing and mixing and making your own paint today. Next lesson, you are going to need some actual paint with you, maybe some watercolour or poster paint, it doesn't really matter what paint you have, but make sure you have your paints with you for our next lesson and I'll see you there, okay? Bye bye.

Have you ever painted without using a paint brush? In today's lesson we will be exploring artists who use unusual techniques to paint, and as a result, create unique marks,  patterns and textures. You will experiment with lots of these techniques later on in the lesson, and you might need a parent or carer to support you in finding some materials around your home to do this. 

A world without paint brushes

﻿Hello there, artists. Welcome back to unit two of painting. This is lesson number two, and last lesson was our first lesson of painting. We were learning all about cave paintings. Can you remember them? Can you give me a big thumbs up if you remember our last lesson on cave paintings? Well, we were learning lots about the origin of painting. We were looking at some photographs of paintings that were possibly over 40,000 years old, and we were discussing how these early humans might have made their paints. We also had to go making our own paints using things that we found in our kitchen and our cupboard. And we were calling these natural paints. Can you remember what colour paint you made last lesson? I made yellow and red. What did you make? Fantastic, and can you nod your head if you enjoyed all of the crushing and mixing that we did to make our paints? I agree. That was so much fun. Now today's lesson, the title is a world without paintbrushes. Now you might have guessed it, but that means that paintbrushes are banned from today's lesson. Yep. That's right. You're not allowed to pick up one paintbrush for the next hour. Do you think you're up for that challenge? You are? Well, let's take a look at what we're going to be getting up to. Okay, let's have a quick run through of the things you will need for today's lesson. I'm not going to tell you everything, because the things we need later on, you can find in your house, and they will vary depending on what you own and what you have in your house. So don't worry about that just yet. For now, I want you to get ready an art table that you will be using, and some paper. So you will need some thick card or paper for today. And I say thick because if you use normal printing paper, and it gets wet from the paint, sometimes it can tear. But if you only have this, then it's fine. Just be careful. You're also going to need some paint. I recommend some poster paint or water-based paint, preferably not acrylic, because it might stain the other things we'll be using today. But if that's all you have again, that's fine. You're also going to want your apron or your painting shirt. I have mine on already. And lastly, you're going to, of course, need a plastic table cover or some newspaper that you can just cover your table or the surface you're working on. Pause now to go and get this equipment and press play when you're ready to carry on the lesson. All right, it's time for our star words. Can you show me your starry fingers in the air? Fantastic. Our first star word for today is texture. Your turn. And again, texture. Texture, I remember this word from unit one. Texture, does texture mean the way something tastes? No. Does texture mean the way something smells? No. What does texture mean? Texture means the way something. Can you finish my sentence? The way something feels. Well done if you remembered the word texture. The second star word for today is technique. And again, technique. Technique is a way of carrying out a particular task. And in art terms, the technique is the way of carrying out a particular piece of artwork. And we're going to be doing three different techniques today. And those three techniques are our next star words. So listening out, I'm going to give you an action to go with each one. Are you ready? Splashing. Scraping. Pouring. And we're going to do it a little bit faster now. So splashing. Scraping. Pouring. Now we're going to do it in a slow motion voice. Okay. You ready? Splashing. Scraping. Pouring. Fantastic, they should be locked into your memory now. And I hope you remember those techniques for later on in the lesson. We're going to start off our lesson with a question. And our question is, where can we find texture? Where can we find texture? Well, we can find textures all around us. And I went on a little bit of a hunt around my house to see how many different kinds of textures I could find. And I found three really interesting objects with different textures, and I thought I would share them with you. My first object is this big guy. He's my teddy bear. And when I feel him and I touch him, I would say the texture is very soft and almost fluffy. It's definitely a bit soft and fluffy. That's the texture of my teddy bear. Then I found a second object with a very different texture. And you might have one of these in your houses. And it's a washing up sponge. And when I feel the surface of this object, I would say the texture is very rough. It's not very soft and fluffy like the teddy bear. It's more rough. And I have a third object that I've found in my house with another very different texture, and it is a hairbrush. And when I feel the hairbrush, I would say it's very spiky and maybe a little bit bumpy. So those are three objects that I found in my house with very different textures. So you might have guessed what your scavenger hunt is all about. In a moment, I'm going to ask you to pause, and you're going to go off on a texture scavenger hunt in your house. And I want you to look for four objects. How many objects? Four, well done. So you're looking for four objects with four different textures. And the textures I want you to look out for in your home are smooth, rough, fluffy, and spiky. Now let's say them a couple more times so you remember them when you go off. Smooth, rough, fluffy, spiky. And one more time, a bit faster. Smooth, rough, fluffy, spiky. Can you say it back to me? Fantastic, they should be locked into your memory now. And I want you to pause. Now go off. You have a few minutes. And as soon as you've found those four objects, bring at least one or two back to this seat and press play when you're ready to carry on. Are you back from your scavenger hunt? Give me a thumbs up if you found at least one object. Well done, and I hope you have at least one object in front of you. Maybe you have more than one. And I just want you to choose one of those objects, and you're going to pick it up and describe the texture to me. So I'll give you an example first, and then it's your turn. This is a washing up sponge, and the texture is rough. Your turn. Well done, fantastic job on your scavenger hunt. So to recap, so far we've learned that texture is a word that describes how something feels and that we can find textures all around us. But we can also find texture in art, and specifically in paintings like the ones below. We can't always touch these paintings, because often we're just looking at pictures of them, or in galleries. We're not always allowed to touch them. But just by looking at them with our eyes, we can get a sense of their texture. So I have three paintings on the screen in front of you. And all three paintings have very different textures, and they were created without a single paintbrush touching the canvas or paper. They were created using different techniques. Techniques was one of our star words, wasn't it? And can you remember the three techniques that I said we're going to be looking at today? Can you remember the actions for them as well? Should we go over them together? There was, remember what this one was? Splashing. Well done, Then we had scraping and pouring. Maybe you could point to each painting and have a guess out what technique was used. Can you do that now for me? Great job. Let's reveal the answers. The first one is scraping. Did you get that correct? The second one is pouring. And finally, splashing. That one was a bit easier, I think. But let's have a quick recap question to see how well you have been listening. This question says, can you describe the texture of this painting? Now, before you tell me your answer, I want you a look at the picture up on your screen, and I'm going to give you some words that you might want to choose from to describe the texture, or you can think of your own. And you've got fluffy, spiky, smooth, and rough. So have a think about those words. Fluffy, spiky, smooth and rough. And in five seconds, I want your answer. Four, three, two, one. Well done. Next question. This question says, what technique do you think was used to create this painting? So have a look at the painting for a few seconds, and let's think over our techniques for today. So it could be splashing, it could be scraping, or it could be pouring. Have another think and just look at the picture. And then in three, two, one, can you tell me what technique you think was used? Did you say scraping? Well done if you did. We can see that some paint has been scraped with some sort of tool to get this effect and texture. Okay, so as I said, we're going to be experimenting with our three main techniques. Let's start with all splashing. You're going to need some paints, an old toothbrush, or you can just use your fingers to do some flicking. After dipping toothbrush in some paint, simply flick back the hairs of the toothbrush with your finger, and some amazing splash marks will start to reveal themselves. It's up to you where you take your splashing painting. You can add as many colours or as little colours as you wish. And if your parent or carer has any other old brushes that they no longer wish to use, you can experiment with those too. The second technique we'll be experimenting with is scraping. And you will need your paint in their bottles this time. You will also need some scrap pieces of cardboard or an old birthday card that you might have. Start by placing small blobs of paint across your paper. It doesn't really matter where you place them. Add another colour too. Then take your largest piece of scrap cardboard and scrape the whole way across your paper, right to the edges. And the aim here is to fill as much of the paper as you can. So we really don't want to see any more white space when you're finished. Then add a third colour and do the same thing again. I started to experiment and get creative with my scrapes, adding squiggles and zigzags. You could add some other colours if you wish. I also made sure not to waste any paint before I added more. Try experimenting with skewers, toothpicks, or plastic forks to create more marks and scrapings in your painting like I am doing here. For your third technique, we will be doing rolling instead of pouring today, because this will use less paint. You will need to cover a baking tray in foil or clingfilm, or you can use an old cardboard box if you want to completely avoid mess. You're also going to need some marbles, conkers, or round stones. Place the marbles in your paint and make sure it gets completely covered in paint. If you don't like getting your fingers messy, you could use a plastic spoon to do this. Then it's as simple as dropping your marbles into your box or baking tray with a piece of paper in it, and begin to roll. This is a lot of fun, and you'll start to see the colours mix themselves on the paper. I love these three techniques, and I hope you do too. Thinking about all those lovely techniques you've just seen, I want you to pause in a minute to start your activity, and your aim is to make three lovely paintings using our scrape, splash, and roll technique. And remember, no paint brushes allowed today. So have fun getting creative, and remember to press play again so we can come back at the end of the lesson and talk about all the lovely things you've created. So I'm going to assume that you're finished and you're back from your painting activities, and maybe you got to try all three different techniques. So you had a go at splashing and scraping and some rolling. Or if you only got to try one or two, that's absolutely fine. Hopefully, you can find some time before next lesson to give the other ones go. Now, I want to see how much you enjoyed each of those techniques, because not everybody is going to like the same technique in painting. And some people don't really like getting messy. That's completely fine, but it's always nice to try new things to know whether something is fun for you. So out of 10, 1 being you didn't like it very much, 5 being you thought it was very fun, and 10 being you absolutely loved it and can't wait to do it again, how did you find the splashing technique? Can you give me a number out of 10? How did you find the scraping technique? Can you give me a number out of 10? And lastly, how did you find rolling paint? Give me a number out ten for that. Fantastic. Thank you for sharing. I think my favourite one was rolling. I loved using the marbles to roll around the paint. I thought that was really fun. And it made such lovely marks. If you didn't get a chance to try all three techniques today, I hope you can find some time before next lesson to give it a go. If not, I will see you next time. Bye-bye.

In this lesson, we will learn about primary colours and investigate what happens when we mix them.

Mixing colours workshop

﻿Hello, artists. Welcome back to lesson number three of our unit on painting. Last lesson, we were experimenting a lot with our painting but without using a paint brush. And we focused on using three different techniques. I wonder if you can still remember the names of those three techniques. I'll give you a clue, I'm going to show you the actions and if you remember you can say the name of the technique with the action. Did you remember them? Should we say them together? There was splashing and scraping and we had pouring but we actually ended up trying rolling didn't we? I had a lot of fun using things like, marbles, skewers, old bits of cardboard, just to experiment with the paint and see the different marks they can make because sometimes using just the paint brush can get a little bit boring. Now in today's lesson, I'm going to be teaching you all about the colours of the world. And a little bit later on, I'll be giving you a workshop for mixing colours and you'll be having a go at this yourself. But I want to start off today's lessons by speaking some positive affirmations. Now you might have never done this before and that's okay. But basically what we're going to do is I'm going to hold up some sentences. And they are positive sentences that we're going to say to ourselves, because things we say can affect what we think, and things that we think can affect how we feel and how we feel, can also affect how we act. So it's really important that we practise speaking kind things to ourselves every day. I'll read the sentence fast and you repeat after me. I am better than I think. I believe in myself. I am focused. I am creative. And last one, I am an artist. Hope you enjoyed that and maybe can make some of your own positive affirmations about other parts of your life. Now, let's get started and see what we're going to do today. Here's the equipment you're going to need for today's lesson. Some paint, preferably some thick paint maybe poster paint or water-based paint. And you're only going to need the colours, yellow, red and blue for today. You'll also need a paint and a pot to go with your paint. Of course you're going to need your apron or painting shirt which your parent or carer said is fine for you to paint in. And you're going to need some thick paper, card or your sketchbook. And lastly, you're going to need a table cover. So this might be newspaper or a plastic table cover that you can wash afterwards. We're going to start off our lesson today with our magical star words. Well done. Then we're going to be learning all about the colours of the world. After that, I'll be sending you off on another scavenger hunt. I like doing scavenger hunts. I think it gets us nice and warmed up and wakes up our bodies for the rest of the lesson. Then I'll be giving you a workshop on mixing colours. And finally and as always we'll come back here to reflect and talk about all the things we've learned about colours today. So let's start with our star words. I'm going to ask you to sit up straight and maybe shake your arms out a little bit. Give your head a little bit of a wiggle too. Are you ready? I'll say it fast, and you repeat it back to me. First word, colour. Colour. Great job. Hue. Hue. Mixing. Mixing. Primary. Primary. Secondary Secondary. Fantastic, now let's find out a little bit more about that word, primary. So it's time to learn all about the colours of our world. And I want to start by talking about three very important colours. And these three colours are, yellow, red and blue. These are three very special colours. They are called primary colours. Should we say it together? Primary colours. And primary was our star word, wasn't it? The reason the primary colours are so special is because they cannot be created by mixing any other colours. They are a colour on their own. But when you mix any two of these three primary colours you can create a whole bunch of other colours and they are called our secondary colours. And that is your job today. You are going to be investigating what those three secondary colours are. To try and remember what the three primary colours are, I always like to picture the work of Piet Mondrian. And this picture in front of you is inspired his paintings. So I wanted to see if that trick will help you remember the three primary colours as well. So for 10 seconds, we are going to stare at this picture. And then I'm going to ask you a question, okay? Off we go. 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Can you tell me what's colour is missing from the picture? And how about now? Well, I hope that worked for you. Let's have a quick quiz to see if you remembered. What are the three primary colours? I want you in just a second to tell me the three names of the primary colours and then I will reveal the answer to see if you got it correct, okay? Tell me now, what are the three primary colours? Did you guess it right? Did you say yellow and red and blue? If you did, give yourself a big pat on the back. You have been doing some fantastic listening so far. I'm going to give you a speedy warmup challenge now just to get our brains turned on. So I want you to grab a blank piece of paper or open your sketchbook to a nice blank page. And this is your challenge. It says, can you write the names of the three primary colours but using the wrong colours? So what that means is, have a look at the picture on your screen. And I have written the word green but have I use the green pencil to write it? No, I used red, so I used the wrong colour. I did the same for these two words as well. This one says black, but I use the colour orange. So I use the wrong colour. So I want you to do the same thing, in your book with the three primary colours. And our three primary colours are, red, yellow and blue, okay? Off you go. press pause when you're ready to start and press play when you're ready to carry on. All right, I hope you enjoyed that quick warm up challenge. And I want to ask you a question now. Your question is, is there only one type of each colour? Now, if you don't understand that I'm going to show you a picture. And I want you to imagine that if the world could only have one type of each colour for example, the sky, if it was blue was all the same shade of blue and the same for grass, it would all be the same colour green. So is that only one type of each colour? No, there is so many different types of each colour and that's why we get sunsets with so many different beautiful colours to look at. And the same for everything around us. There are different shades and tints all around us and that's what makes our world so beautiful. And we learned a little bit about this in unit one. And we said that the name for different types of colour was called hue. Shall we say that together? Hue. Your next challenge is a colour scavenger hunt. And the reason I'm going to send you on a colour scavenger hunt is because we going into investigate how many different types of hue of one colour you can find in your home. So choose one primary colour. It can be yellow, red, or blue. I chose the colour blue as you can see in my pictures over here. And you have a few minutes to find as many small objects or items of that colour. If you want, you could arrange them in a nice and satisfying arrangement like I did over there. And you could even take a picture. Press pause now, when you're ready to go off on your colour scavenger hunt and press play when you finished that activity. Welcome back, I hope you enjoyed your colour scavenger hunt. Now it's time for our mixing colour workshop. So I'll be showing you in the next video, how you can start mixing your three primary colours and how it can investigate what those secondary colours are. In today's mixing colour workshop, you will need yellow, red and blue paint, our three primary colours. You also need some water, a paintbrush and a palette or paper plates to put your paints on. Oh, and two pieces of paper card or two pages in your sketchbook. Start by dividing your page in half by drawing a line down the middle with the ruler. Then you're going to decide which two colours you want to mix first. I chose yellow and red. Place a small blob of each colour paint onto your palette and then take a small amount of your first colour on your paintbrush and paint a straight line like this. Then you're going to add a teeny tiny amount of your second colour to your brush and mix in with the first colour. Make sure you completely mix it so the colour is consistent and then paint a second line directly under the first. And again, add another small teeny tiny amount, mix and paint your line directly below. Keep doing this and a new hue will be revealed each time. When you reach the bottom, don't forget to clean your brush and change your water, ta da! And then repeat all over again with two different colour combinations. Have fun investigating what the secondary colours are. When you're ready to begin your mixing colours activity, I want you to press pause. But, remember to come back and press play when you finished the activity so we can talk about what you found out and if you discovered what the secondary colours are. Press pause now and I'll see you shortly. Welcome back, can you give me a big wave if you have finished with your mixing colours activity. Fantastic, and now I want to ask you what you discovered about colours today. So the first question I'm going to ask you is, did you find out what colour yellow and red makes? You did, can you tell me what colour it is? I'll show you in three, two, one. Did you get it right? Well done, yellow and red makes orange. Next, what colour does red and blue make? Can you shout it out? Three, two, one. Did you say purple? Well done, and last but not least, did you find out what colour blue and yellow makes? can you tell me in three, two, one? Did you guess it correct? Well done on your mixing colour investigation today. So what we have discovered today is that orange purple and green are our secondary colours and secondary was another star word of ours. Can we say secondary together? Secondary. So our secondary colours are orange, purple and green. Can you say them with me? Orange, purple and green. Great job. What else did we discover about colours today? Well, we found out that there isn't just one type of colour. When we mixed our colours together, we didn't just get one type of orange or one type of green, we've got lots of different hues. Didn't we? Did you find lots of different hues when you were mixing your colours? If you've got your painting in front of you, I want you to point to your favourite hue that you painted today. So just choose your favourite hue of colour. Okay, I thought we'd finish the lesson with one more quick fun quiz to see if you've remembered the names of your three primary colours. I'm going to call out lots of names of colours. And if you here one of the three primary colours, I want you to wave your hands like crazy. Can you do that for me? Okay, let's begin. Pink, green, yellow, black, blue, brown, orange, red. Did you wave your hands for red, yellow, and blue? Well done, you have remembered all three primary colours. Now, I thought we'd finish off with our positive affirmations. So the really kind sentences that we've read aloud to ourselves. Are you ready to do it? Okay, I am better than I think. I believe in myself. I am focused. I am creative. I am an artist. Well, I hope you enjoyed that lesson. And again, if you wanted to make any of your own positive affirmations that would be a really nice thing to do. Try to make it a habit so you keep thinking positive thoughts and I'll see you next lesson, bye-bye.

It's time for an end of unit project! For the next 2 lessons we will be picking up from where we left off in lesson 1 on 'Cave Paintings,' using our experiences from lesson 2 and 3 to help us create a masterpiece cave painting. The only difference is; your cave painting will be completely unique to you and include drawings of familiar sights and animals to you in your local area - so no mammoths! Get your creative hats on, it's time to get stuck in!

A modern day cave painting

﻿Welcome back, artists, for another lesson on painting. Last lesson, we were learning all about mixing colours. We had a go at mixing the three primary colours. I'm going to say two of those primary colours now, and I want to see if you can remember the third one. Are you ready? It was red and yellow. And the third one was, can you say it now? Did you say blue? Give me a big thumbs-up if you got that correct. We also investigated what the secondary colours were by mixing a combination of the primary colours. Let's see if you can remember what those were. When we mixed red and blue, what colour did that make? Purple, well done. When we mixed yellow and red, can you remember what colour that makes? Orange, fantastic. And, lastly, when we mixed blue and yellow, what colour did we create? Green. Give yourselves a big pat on the back if you remember those three secondary colours. The title of today's art lesson is called "A Modern Day Cave Painting." And, actually, this lesson and next lesson are both really exciting because we're going to be working on a much larger piece of artwork. We're going to be working towards creating the piece of art behind me, which is a modern day cave painting. You might remember doing cave paintings in lesson one, but this is going to be very different because we're working towards creating a cave painting that is really realistic and is super unique to where you live and the modern day world that we live in today. It's going to be unique to you. Later on in the lesson, we'll have a closer look at the one behind. Today you're going to need a larger piece of paper. If you don't have a larger piece of paper, you could always ask a parent or carer to Sellotape two pieces of A4 paper together. It'd be really great if this paper was thicker, maybe card or craft paper. But if not, it doesn't matter. If you have watercolour paints at home, you could be using those today too, but you're only really going to need a tea bag and apron or your painting shirt, and, as always, a table cover or newspaper to cover the surface you're working on. Press pause now if you need to go check that you have these things, and press play when you're ready to carry on. We're going to start our lesson by looking at our... Can you remember what these are? Yes, our star words. Then we're going to remind ourselves of what the prehistoric cave paintings looked like, because it's been a little while since lesson one, so we need a little bit of a reminder. Then you're going to be working towards making a realistic textured cave wall out of your paper. And finally, we'll come back here to think about what things you will include in your cave painting next lesson. All right, it's time for our star words. Well done. Now remember, sitting up straight, I'm going to say the word first, and I want you to repeat it back to me. Are you ready? Great. Cave. cave. Wolves. Wolves. Texture. Texture. Blotch. Blotch. Dab. Dab. And last one, scrunch. Scrunch. So like I said, we're going to start off our lesson today, reminding ourselves of what the cave paintings look like. So, I wonder if you can name one thing that were painted on the cave walls. You just need to name one thing. Can you tell me something in three, two, one? Well done if you said anything like paintings of animals, symbols, or hand prints, and an extra well done if you even said one of the names of the animals that were often painted. Can you remember what I said we're mainly going to do in today's lesson? I said we're going to be concentrating on making our cave wall background today. So it's important that we know a little bit more about the walls behind the painting. Now, lots of the famous cave paintings from around the world were mostly made up of a rock called limestone. Shall we say that we're together? Limestone. And one more time. Limestone. Now, limestone was often a rock that was usually earthy colours. So things like red, browns, greys, and yellows. So those are the types of colours we want to put on our cave wall today. The cave walls also had a lot of texture, and texture means the way something... Well done if you said feels, because we've actually heard that word texture a lot this unit. So good for you if you remember that texture is the way something feels. So the cave painting walls were full of texture. Let's have a quick recap question to see if you have been listening so far. What type of rock were lots of the cave walls made from? Was it limestone or was it sandstone? Can you point now to answer that you think is correct. And I'm going to show you the answer in three, two, one. Did you point to limestone? Give me a big thumbs up if you did. Fantastic job. So the next question for both of us is, how can we make our paper, our plain white paper look more like cave walls? We're going to do that by adding some texture. Let's say it together, texture. One more time, texture. I wonder what the cave walls were like to touch. What was their texture like. I'm going to ask you to close your eyes just for a moment and picture being deep inside a cave. You're touching the walls of the cave. Do they feel fluffy? Do they feel smooth? Do they feel bubbly? I think they would feel a little bit rough, and maybe bumpy, also possibly a little bit sharp, because the walls are made from a rock, so there might be lots of sharp edges. So how are we going to recreate the texture of a cave wall? Well, what I'd like you to do is you're going to get your large piece of paper, and you might have stuck two pieces of paper together now, or maybe you've already got some really large paper at home. And your first step is to scrunch your paper into a ball. Once you've done that, I'm going to ask you to carefully open your paper back out, and flatten it with your hands. Pause now to complete this part of the activity, and press play when you're ready to see what's next. So how else can we make our paper look more cave like. Well, at the minute, your paper or cave wall should look a little bit like this. So we can see it's got some bumpy bits. It's starting to have some sharp edges, and it's looking a little bit more rough. But we know that our cave walls aren't supposed to be completely white like this. They were lots of earthy colours. Can you remember what colours they were? Reds, greys, yellows. So we need to try and recreate a wall with those earthy colours. Let's see how we're going to do it. To add colour to our cave walls, we're going to be using some hot chocolate, tea bags, and coffee granules. We can also try using the earthy colours of our watercolour palette if you have this at home. So, using these materials, we're going to try and create a really realistic cave wall coloured background, like the one pictured here. And we're going to do that by blotching and dabbing the colour on. So we're not going to be creating any paint strokes with your paintbrush today. I don't want to see anybody going backwards and forwards, up and down. We are going to be blotching, and blotching is a bit like this, dabbing. Can we blotch and dab together? Fantastic. Let me show you a video of how it's done. To colour your cave wall, you're going to need to soak a tea bag in some lukewarm water. You can also do this with coffee, hot chocolate, and fruity teas if you have some. Once you have scrunched your large piece of paper and flattened it back out, you simply strain some of the excess water from your tea bag and begin to blotch and dab the colour onto your paper. The reason you must blotch and dab, instead of scraping your tea bag is so we can try to make our cave wall look as realistic as possible. Remember that tea bags are very fragile. This means they can tear and break easily if you are too rough with them, so be gentle. Get experimenting with the earthy colours you can create by dunking your tea bag into the hot chocolate and coffee too. The aim is to get rid of as much white space as possible, so make sure you've got that nice paper or plastic cover behind your paper, so you can paint right up to the edges. Once you have covered most of the paper and can barely see any more white, you could use a paintbrush to add some more earthy colours from your watercolour palette. Colours like yellow, red, oranges, and browns will help to bring your cave wall to life. Remember to dab and blotch, avoid paint strokes. Go back and watch over your cave wall with a tea bag one last time to make sure all your colours blend together nicely. Use this time to cover any remaining bits of whites that you can see. When you're happy with how your cave painting wall looks, find a safe space for it to dry until next lesson. Pause the video now to complete your task, and press play when you're ready to carry on the lesson. Can you give me a nod if you've finished your background for your cave painting? And I hope you found a nice, safe place for it to dry until we're ready for our next lesson, because you will need to keep it out of harm's way, so it stays nice and safe. Now, can you give me a wave in the air if you tried using a tea bag for your painting today? And can you give me another wave if you had any hot chocolate, coffee granules, or maybe some fruity tea to try? And whether you used watercolour, tea bags, fruity tea, coffee granules, can you tell me now which was your favourite item to paint with? And why was that your favourite? So, what drawings will you include in your modern day cave painting? To inspire you, I'm going to give you an extra bonus challenge. Your challenge is to take a walk in your local park or area later on this week, or maybe even today if you've got a chance, to find some inspiration for your cave paintings. Take some pictures of animals, vehicles, symbols, or any other important parts of your local area. Please remember, this is an activity that will require supervision from your parent or carer. Here are some of the photos I took of animals when I went on a walk in my local area. Shout out the names of the animals if you recognise them. Here's some other things that I took photos of, that I thought are important to me and where I live. I took this picture of cars and lorries because I live right beside a big motorway. So this is something I see every single day. I wanted to include this in my painting. I also took a picture of this sign, which is a speed limit sign, and I see a lot of them in my local area. You might have them too. Lastly, I found these really cool stones in my local park of emojis. And I thought I want to try and include these in my cave painting, because emojis are a big part of our everyday lives. We use them when we're messaging our family and our friends. Can you spot any of the animals that I took photos of in this cave painting? And can you point to where I have included a picture of an emoji? And can you even see one of my road signs? So to finish off our lesson, I want to ask you if you remember what things you're going to be looking out for when you go on a walk in your local area. Can you tell me something now? Yes, you're going to be looking out for any animals that you see where you live, take some photos of them. You're also going to be looking out for any vehicles that you see a lot of. It might be trains, buses, or maybe tractors. You could also look out for any symbols or signs. And to recap on everything we have done in today's lesson, I want to ask you, what techniques did we use today? Let's think back to when we wanted to create our rocky, bumpy, and textured surface. What did we do to our paper? Can you remember what action we did? We... Well done if you said scrunch. We scrunched our paper, didn't we? And how did we create that realistic earthy colour for our wall? We use tea bags, and we were... What did I say that action was? We were blotching and dabbing. Fantastic if you remembered that. I hope you had a lot of fun today, I absolutely love getting stuck in, and making my modern day cave painting, and I cannot wait to see how yours turns out next lesson. Don't forget to go on your walk in your local area and take photos of anything you would like to include in your painting next lesson. You might want to even print these out or have them with you on your device, ready for next time. See you then, bye bye.

In this lesson, we will finish the painting unit by making our very own modern day cave paintings. We will be continuing our work from lesson 4 and will explore the use of sketching, stencilling and printing to make cave painting unique to you.

A modern day cave painting: Part 2

﻿Hello artists. Welcome back to your fifth and final lesson of this painting unit. And actually I think today is my favourite lesson so far. So you're in for a treat. Last lesson we spent some time scrunching, dabbing and blotching to create a realistic cave wall background, something that might look like this. And can you give me an air high-five if you remember that you're going to need your cave wall background today? Well done if you did. And you might remember at the end of last lesson, I gave you a bonus challenge. And that bonus challenge was to go on a walk in your local area or a park near you to take some photographs or some notes of animals, vehicles, or any other things or signs that you might see. Can you give me two thumbs up if you were able to do that? And can you give me a wave in the air if you weren't able to go on the walk but you do have some really good ideas locked in that you're ready to put on your cave wall. I am so glad to hear that. So of course that means that today we get to finish off our modern day cave painting and actually I've left the fun parts till last. I've got a lot of exciting techniques and ideas for you to try. So let's not talk anymore, let's get started. Today, you're going to need some paint, preferably water-based paint or poster paint if you have it, you're also going to need a water pot and a paintbrush, an apron or your painting shirt and a table cover or newspaper to cover the surface you're working on and some charcoal or a black pencil if you don't have any charcoal. In a moment, I'm going to suggest that you pause the screen to go off and prepare your workstation for today. So that's covering the surface, whether it's the floor, or a table that you're choosing to work on. And if I were you and you have either taken some photos of animals and sites on your book or you've got some images that you have looked up online with a parent or carer, you can use this time in a moment to print these out so you can use them to draw. There are a few other things that you could choose to use today, such as these things here. You don't have to go and get them now, though, but it's just to get you thinking about what you might want to use later on in the lesson. Pause now to go and get the items in green ready and also remember to go and set up your painting station and get on your apron or painting shirt. Press Play when you've done that and you're ready to carry on. First of all, and as always, we're going to be doing our, shout it to me. Star words. After that, I'm going to ask you, how will you make your cave painting unique to you? Then you're going to be sketching out your animal drawings. After that I'm going to show you how you can include some paintings of houses with a homemade stencil. And finally, I left the messiest part till last. You're going to be getting creative using some objects, maybe toys, and possibly leaves to print some beautiful marks onto your modern day cave painting. So our star words for today can you show me your starly fingers in the air? Fantastic. Remember I say it and then you repeat it back to me. Let's begin. Paint. Paint. Sketch. Sketch. Print. Print. Spray. Spray. Dab. Dab. Now you might know what a few of these already mean but they are all techniques that we're going to be using today. Yep. You're going to try and do all of those in today's lesson. So there's so much to do. It's a lot of fun and I can't wait for you to get started. Okay. Can you give me a nod now, if you've prepared an area or a table that you're able to get messy in today. And can you do this if you have on your painting shirt or your apron. And lastly, can you give me a big cheesy smile to show me you're ready for the lesson? Last lesson I told you that I went on a walk in my local area and I took some photos of animals. I based my drawings of these animals. Can you tell me one animal that you think you're going to draw on your cave wall? How exciting. If you didn't manage to go on your walk and take those photos, you still have some time to ask a parent or carer to help you find a few images online that you can use and copy on your painting. Before I go ahead and tell you to start your drawings, I really want you to have a deep think about what will make your cave painting unique to you. So if you live somewhere more in the countryside these might be the things you see every day. And you might want to think later on in the lesson about including some tyre marks from a toy car or a tractor that you might have at home. Shouts out the name of something that you recognise in the next photos I'm going to show you. And if you live near a seaside, then seagulls or boats might be something you want to draw on your cave wall. You could also think about asking a parent or carer if you could paint the back of a shell, if you have one at home, to create the pattern of a shell on your cave wall. I'm going to show you one more group of photos and if you recognise anything from these photos shout out the name. Fantastic. And if you live in a town or a city then the animals or the sites that you see every day will be different to you too. But it doesn't mean that you can't still get really creative, maybe using a toy car to create bus tyre marks or using an empty kitchen roll or wrapping paper tube to create some circles that will represent road signs or traffic lights like you can see in the picture. Okay, that's enough talking for now. In the next video, I'm going to show you how you can draw your animals on your cave wall. So, we're going to go ahead and start off with our animal drawings. And this is where you're going to need the photos that you took of any animals on your walk, or some pictures that you might have found on the internet with your parent or carer. You could have these printed out to copy in front of you or to look up on your device. I would advise picking two or three animals to draw, but it depends if your drawings are going to be small or big. You need to consider that there are going to be some houses and other things painted on our cave wall. So remember to keep space for all of that. Sketch out your drawing fast using a pencil. This way you can sketch light till it's right. Then once you're happy with all your drawings of your animals, grab a piece of charcoal or a darker black pencil or crayon and trace over your sketches. If you're using charcoal, break off a smaller piece as this will help you with your pencil control. Charcoal smudges very, very easily. So try your absolute best not to touch your drawings with any other part of your hand or wrist or arm. If you do use charcoal and a parent or carer has any hairspray available, ask them to lightly spray over your drawings when they're done. This is a great tip to prevent your charcoal drawings from smudging. Your parent must do this part. Okay. In just the moment I'm going to tell you to pause to go ahead and complete your animal drawings. But I just want to say, if you didn't take any photos and you don't have any printouts of animals that you're going to draw, and you still would like to get some from online, please make sure you check with a parent or carer before you do this. Have fun and press Play, when you've completed your animal drawings and you're ready to do the next activity. Can you give me a nod if you finished your drawings of your animals? Fantastic. And now I'm going to show you in the next video how I created these cool prints of houses that you can include in your cave painting too. Are you ready to see? Let's go take a look. To paint a house on your cave wall you're going to need some paint and some small sponges or a paint brush or teabag for dabbing paint. Using a scrap piece of card or an old birthday or Christmas card, fold your paper in half and cut out the shape along the folded edge that resembles half of a house. Cut out the shape, unfold the card, and use a paint brush or sponge to dab paint over the stencil. We decided to cut out a small rectangle to place in the middle of our stencil as a door. Press Pause now to complete your prints of your houses on your cave painting wall. And if at any point you get a little bit stuck or need some help, you can ask a parent or carer to come back and read the instructions left on this screen. Have fun and press Play when you're ready for the next activity. Can you give me a wave in the air if you're back from making your house prints? Great. Well, now we're going to do the really fun bit and use any toys, objects, or Leafs, that you might have around to help you bring your cave painting even more to life. Here's a video to get you inspired. Since lots of us live in places surrounded by trees, we decided to take some leaves from the garden, paint the underside of the leaf with an earthy colour paint and print the pattern and shape onto our cave wall. Don't add too much paint like we did here. A thinner amount of paint will let you see more of the leaf's details. We also had some toy cars that we use to roll on paint and reveal some tyre marks. This is the part of the lesson where you can get as creative as you want. If you have any small wild animals you could even paint the bottoms of their feet to include some puff prints or hoof prints. In this part of the lesson, you could also use the end of a kitchen roll to make road signs or traffic lights or use your imagination and work with a parent or carer to see what items will help you paint a cave painting that represents where you live. Now, before you run off and start finding toys and objects that you want to use to bring your picture to life, please remember that you must check with your parent or carer before you use anything in your house to paint with. And if you are going to go outside and get some leaves you must do this with a parent or carer supervision. We've got one last thing to add to your cave painting wall before it's completely finished. So make sure to leave a little bit of space the size of your hand before you come back. Press pause now and I'll see you shortly. And the last thing we're going to add is our hand. You can either use a spray bottle filled with a mixture of paint and water to spray over your hand and reveal a shape of it left behind, or simply paint the face of your hand and fingers with a paint brush and press down your hand on an empty space you have left on your cave wall. Now you press Pause and go off to create your last finishing touch of your hand print. Please remember to come back when you're finished so we can talk about all the fantastic things we've done in this unit. Before we go on to talk about your cave paintings, I want us just quickly to think back over the last five lessons of our painting unit. We started off our unit by learning about prehistoric cave paintings which we returned to in the last two lessons. But we also had a lesson where we learned all about different painting techniques that didn't require a paintbrush. We did some pouring and rolling, some scraping, and can you remember the other one what we did? Splashing. And we can't forget about that one lesson we got busy mixing colours and learned all about primary and secondary colours. My favourite part of this whole unit has to be at the very beginning when we learned to make our own paints, using some things we found in our kitchen. Take a moment now, close your eyes, and think, what has your favourite part of this painting unit been? Once you've had a think, open your eyes, and can you tell me what your favourite part of this unit has been and start your sentence with, my favourite part was. And we've learned so much along the way too. I even learnt something new. I learned that early humans used spit and animal fat to help make their paints. Can you have a think and in a moment tell me what you have learned? And maybe start your sentence with, I have learned that. Well done if you shared something that you have learnt this unit. Now I want to finish off today's lesson by saying I really enjoyed making my modern day cave painting. Did you? I'd also like to add that I would love to see any of the work that you have produced in this unit. Especially your modern day cave paintings, because I know they're all going to be so different and unique to you. So it's optional, but if you would like, ask a parent or carer if you could upload a picture of your modern day cave painting or any other work to social media and tag @OakNational and #LearnwithOak and I can have a look at everything you've done and I can't wait to see it. I hope you enjoyed this unit. Take care and maybe I'll see you soon. Bye bye.

Unit Overview: Painting

National Curriculum

Unit Question

Lessons:

Cave paintings

A world without paint brushes

Mixing colours workshop

A modern day cave painting

A modern day cave painting: Part 2