Lesson video

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.