Lesson video

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.