Lesson video

Welcome to lesson three on creative crafts.

My name is Liz and I will be guiding you through this lesson.

Previously, you experimented with paper crafts and you started to look at the work of artists who inspire your own making.

In this lesson, you'll be looking at more examples of art and crafts and you'll be learning about the artists and craftspeople who make them.

Before the lesson begins, let's take a look at what equipment you will need.

For this lesson, you will need your sketchbook, a pencil, a pair of scissors and some glue.

Ideally, PVA glue but a glue stick is fine.

You'll also need a selection of different types of paper, such as tissue paper, wrapping paper, pages from old magazines, comics or catalogues, and for some of the activities, you'll need an adult to help or supervise you.

Rejoin the lesson when you've collected all your equipment.

In this lesson, you will be recapping on your learning, exploring the work of artists and craftspeople.

Experimenting with decoupage.

And using your sketchbook to record your learning and ideas.

Look out for the keywords in the lesson.

They will be in a coloured bold font.

The first keyword is decoupage.

This is a technique that involves glueing paper cutouts onto an object.

The second keyword is installation art.

This is a large-scale mixed media artwork, which is usually designed to fit in a specific space.

And the final keyword is mixed media.

This is artwork that is being made using different materials and media.

Before the lesson begins, let's have a quick recap.

What can you remember from your previous learning? Origami means tearing paper.

Is this true or is it false? It's false.

Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding.

Sensu is also known as a folding fan.

Is the answer true or it false? Yes, the answer is true.

Sensu is also known as a folding fan.

Kirie is the Chinese art of paper cutting.

Do you think the answer is true or do you think it's false? The answer is false.

Kirie is the Japanese art of paper cutting.

How's your sketchbook work progressing? Did you manage to find any other examples of paper crafts or did you try any more experimenting with paper cutting or folding fans? Here's some pages from my sketchbook.

I've stuck in some pictures of Japanese fans and some different examples of origami, as well as including some keywords, sensu, kirie and origami, words that we learned about previously.

I've also included some images of artists' work and I've included some drawings of flowers, which were used as inspiration for my folding fan which you can see on the bottom right-hand page of my sketchbook.

Share your sketchbook with someone else and talk to them about the ideas that you've developed in yours.

In this next part of the lesson, you'll be looking at examples of works made by different artists and craftspeople.

Some of the work that we will look at will use a combination of artistic techniques and craft techniques too.

Let's take a look at the first artwork.

I want you to look really closely at this picture.

Take as much time as you need.

And then I want you to think really carefully about your answers when I've read out the questions.

What can you see in this picture.

Describe the colours you can see and how do you think it was made? When you've thought about your answers, share them with someone else if you're able to.

So did you agree on your answers? Often when we look at art, we think about it in a different way to other people or we might see something in the work that no one else has noticed and that's okay to have different opinions or ideas and even better, if you can explain your thinking.

Now, this artwork was made by the artist Mary Delaney in 1775.

She used very thin layers of paper and hand colouring to create this picture of an amaryllis flower.

The paper flowers were glued on to a dark background, which was painted with black ink.

She sourced tissue paper and papers of different hues and shades to cut out the shapes without any planning or drawing first.

She pasted the cutout shapes onto the background to create perfect copies of different plants.

The technique Mary Delaney used was decoupage, using hundreds of tiny pieces of paper to create each piece of work.

She made over 1,000 flower pictures and only started to work on them when she was in her 70s.

The detail is incredible.

It looks like it's painted, doesn't it? The reds and greens of the flowers and leaves really stand out against the contrasting dark background.

Here's our next piece of work.

Again, I want you to look really closely at it, take your time.

And think carefully about the answers to the following questions.

What can you see? What materials do you think have been used to make it? And what do you think of when you look at the art work? When you've thought through your answers, if you're able to, share your thoughts with someone else.

This mixed media contemporary artwork is titled "Wasn't Born to Follow" and was made by the textile artist Michael Brennand-Wood.

It is mixed media because it was made using different materials and media, including wood, wire, acrylic paint and beads.

The artist used different art and craft techniques to create the work, including woodwork and computerised machine embroidery for the flowers.

Like Mary Delaney, Michael Brennand-Wood has attached different materials to a base and for this particular work, he has used a wooden panel.

Here's the final piece of artwork.

Again, look really closely at the picture and the artwork that you can see.

What can you see? What materials do you think have been used to cover it? And what do you think of when you look at the artwork? So look really closely.

Think about your answers to the questions and then when you're ready, share your answers with someone else if you're able to.

This is a piece of installation art called "My Tuk-Tuk." It was made by the artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman.

The term installation art is used to describe large-scale mixed media works of art, designed to be located in a specific place for a specific period of time.

Where do you think this artwork has been placed? And why do you think that? The vehicle you can see, the picture is called a tuk-tuk.

It is a type of transport commonly used in India.

Why do you think the artist has chosen a tuk-tuk? The entrance to the tuk-tuk has been blocked with clear perspex, a thick plastic, and the passenger seats have been removed.

A shrine has been created on the floor of the tuk-tuk and like Mary Delaney and Michael Brennand-Wood, Chila Kumari Singh Burman has attached materials to a base and her base is the tuk-tuk and it's covered in lots of different materials, including paper flowers, fairy lights, Christmas decorations, bindis and stickers.

There's even a pair of plastic eyelashes on the front of the tuk-tuk.

For the next part of the lesson, you'll be experimenting with a technique called decoupage.

And for this, you'll need a small piece of cardboard.

One of this sort of size or this sort of size is fine.

And you can recycle a box for this purpose.

You'll also need your selection of papers and some glue.

PVA is best but a glue stick will be fine.

And if you're using PVA, use a brush or a spreader to apply it.

For the decoupage activities, you will need an adult to help or supervise you.

The word decoupage comes from the French word decouper, which translated into English means to cut out or cut up something.

It is similar to collage but it usually involves cutting and sticking paper cutouts onto objects, such as furniture, a photo frame, a tray or a box.

The cutting out of decoupage will often involve using images found from maybe a magazine but other papers can be used, such as tissue paper, wrapping paper, comics or catalogues.

Decoupage is a type of embroidery.

Is this true or is it false? Yes, it's false.

Decoupage is a craft technique that involves glueing paper cutouts onto an object.

For this activity, you will need an adult to supervise or help you.

And first of all, you will need to cut out a piece of cardboard.

You can recycle a cardboard box, something like a cereal box will do.

And you need to cut your card to about this sort of size here or the smaller size.

You can cut two or three pieces if you like if you were planning to create more than one decoupage sample.

And this will form the base for your decoupage work.

When you've cut out your card, the next thing you'll need to do is to collect the materials that you're going to use for your decoupage.

So different types of papers, including tissue paper, wrapping paper, pages from a catalogue, a magazine, a comic.

Thin papers are best to use for your decoupage work.

So the next step is to create your decoupage sample.

And making a sample gives you time to experiment with materials and to try out ideas and these ideas from your sample will be used to create a bigger piece of decoupage, which you will start making in the next lesson.

You may decide to do more than one sample to explore different themes and ideas.

I'd like you to choose a theme from the list on the screen.

You might choose a particular colour, such as blue and use different types of papers that are all shades of blue or you may choose a subject matter.

For example, it could be flowers or animals or sports.

And you could experiment with pattern, creating a pattern from the different images you choose.

And if you are working with pattern, for example, you want to create stripes, it's best to draw in the stripes, first of all on your card so you know where to position your paper when you stick it down.

If you're using PVA glue, mix it with a little bit of water first, so it's more like the consistency of ready-mix paint.

Cut out all of your papers first and then arrange them on your card.

It's a bit like a jigsaw or a mosaic.

Look at how you want the pieces to fit together and when you're ready, stick your paper onto your cardboard.

If you are using PVA glue, you can add more glue on top of the pieces you have already stuck down.

Look carefully at your decoupage sample or samples, if you've made more than one.

What worked? What didn't work as well as you expected? Did you maybe need to add more or less glue? Do you think you maybe needed to think more carefully about where you positioned your pieces of paper and your cutouts? And are you happy with the choice of papers to match your theme? On the screen, you can see my two samples.

The one on the left was based on flowers and I used cutouts from magazines, tissue paper that had flowers on it and a photocopied image of some flowers.

I chose a colour palette of grey, black, brown, white and I think these work really well together but I think adding a pop of colour, such as red or a bit of pink would have been a nice contrast.

I also found the tissue paper was quite delicate and sometimes it tore if I used too much glue.

The sample on the right is made using different shades of blue and I started with the blue building that I found in a magazine and then I added detail around it.

So for example, the skyline was created using different types of papers and different shades of blue.

So I'd like you to use the questions on the screen to guide you to write an evaluation and to record this in your sketchbook.

So what worked well? What could you improve on? And what ideas will you use in your next piece of work? So once your decoupage sample is dry, so you can see my two examples now, stick them into your sketchbook next to your evaluation.

And after the lesson, perhaps you could do some more research about the artists and craftspeople you've learned about or you could continue to experiment with decoupage and record anything you find out in your sketchbook.

For the next lesson, you will need a sturdy cardboard box with a lid for your decoupage.

It can be any shape you like.

A shoebox or something smaller would work really well, and also start to collect pieces of paper and images to use for your decoupage.

Remember, thinner papers are better.

Tissue paper, wrapping paper, pages of old comics, catalogues, magazines and newspapers will work really well.

But check with an adult first to make sure it's okay to cut them up and think about a theme for your work.

It could be the themes we've looked at in this lesson, such as the colour theme or it could be a subject matter you're interested, such as animals or sport or nature.

Well done for all of the amazing work you have done in this lesson.

If you're able to, please take a photograph of your work.

You can also take a photograph of your sketchbook work as well and ask your parent or carer to share it with Oak National on Twitter by tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak.

See you in the next lesson.