Lesson video

Hi, everybody.

How are you doing today? I hope you're having a good day.

My name is Esther, some people call me Miss Esther, and I'm an artist and I'm an art teacher, and I'm going to be working with you today on our lesson: Art with music and color.

It's part of our unit, My world, art and nature.

Let's get started.

Let's have a look at our outcomes for today, for today's lesson.

Today, you'll be able to make an expressive artwork that responds to music by the end of this lesson.

Let's find out some more.

We've got some keywords as part of our lesson.

I'll say them first.

You repeat them after me.

We have wax resist, symbol, and expressive art.

A wax resist can be when an artist draws with wax and then paints over it.

We have a symbol here.

If you look, there's a symbol of a hand.

A symbol can be a picture or shape that stands for something else that reminds us of something else.

Expressive art can be made using colors and shapes to show feelings and ideas in an artwork.

I'm excited to see what we'll make in this lesson.

Now we'll have a look at our learning cycles for this lesson.

First of all, we're going to be exploring colors that show feelings.

Very interesting.

I love colors.

Next, we'll be collaging a symbol, and then we'll be thinking about what our art says about us.

We'll start with exploring colors that show feelings.

Wow, we've got all the primary colors here in this color wheel.

Which color feels hottest to you? Have a think about it.

Have a look.

We've got blue, red, and yellow there.

Pause the video, point to your favorite color and tell your partner about it.

Wow, some superstar thinking today.

Well done.

Everybody.

Here's Andeep.

Andeep says, "The red feels hot and loud." Wow.

Those are two powerful words, aren't they? Hot and loud.

People can have different feelings about the same color.

Laura says, "I think yellow looks yummy like bananas.

It's making me feel slightly hungry." Andy says, "Sometimes yellow is too busy and hurts my eyes." I wonder what yellow feels like for you as a color.

Colors can make you feel different things, and everyone feels colors in their own way.

Artists use colors to show their feelings or reflect the feelings of others.

Let's have a look at a particular artist to talk about this idea.

An artist who uses color is Kandinsky.

He was a Russian artist who used colors to show feelings.

He believed that colors could make people feel happy, sad, loud, or quiet.

He painted with shapes and colors, not always real things because he wanted to paint feelings instead.

Wanted to paint what was kind of happening inside.

Here's another amazing artist for us to learn about.

Aubrey Williams was a famous artist from Guyana who lived and worked in London for some of his life, and you can see here that there's Guyana and it's the long kind of orange strip of a country and Guyana's in South America.

We have an amazing picture here because before he became an artist, Aubrey Williams studied plants and how they grow.

He loved nature and he used it as inspiration for his art.

He got ideas from nature.

What a beautiful place.

We're looking at a picture of Guyana.

Aubrey Williams used big shapes and strong colors to show his feelings, his culture, and the land he remembered.

His paintings were full of energy and often inspired by music.

Aubrey Williams was an important artist who showed that art can carry powerful stories and history.

And we're looking at the flag of Guyana and we've got three more colors there.

We've got some red, some yellow, and some green.

We'll do a check for understanding.

True or false? We all feel the same about every color.

Do you think this is true or false? Pause the video and share your thoughts with a partner.

Well done if you said false.

We'll find out some more about why it's false.

Everyone feels colors in their own way.

Music can also help an artist feel different emotions.

Sometimes artists will listen to music to help 'em feel calm, to get inspired, or to choose colors and shapes for their artwork.

You can see the person in this picture has got their eyes closed.

They must be listening to some really good music.

This artist has used a wax resist technique while listening to music.

Wax might come from a candle or from a crayon, and there's some pastels there I can see too.

This is an important thing to think about: where has the wax made marks? Where do you think, just having a look at that picture? Pause the video and hold your finger in the air and do some drawing.

Imagine you are following the white lines in the picture with your finger.

Well done, everyone.

I hope you had fun drawing in the air.

When you draw with wax and paint over it, it's called wax resist.

The wax marks will show through the paint.

We might make flowing lines, flowing marks while listening to music.

The brush and tools can move just like the music moves.

So if I was listening to music now, what kind of music do you think it would be? Oh wow.

We've got someone here making some marks using wax.

They're using a candle moving their hand very fast.

This artist has started by listening to music and making marks with their wax crayon.

Then they use watercolor over the marks to create a wax resist effect.

I'm finding it quite magical the way the orange paint is going over the wax lines and that the wax lines still show through.

We'll do a check for understanding.

Which material will you not need to make a wax resist? Is it A: wax crayons, pastels, or candles? Is it B: watercolor paint? Or is it C, masking tape? Pause The video, have a conversation with someone nearby.

Well done if you said masking tape.

Masking tape is not needed to make a wax resist artwork.

We're going to do Task A now, which is very exciting, and explore the artwork of an artist that shows feelings in their work like Aubrey Williams. Looking at the artwork, how does the painting make you feel? One question.

Then we could think about what does the painting remind you of and what colors can you see in the painting? You could start by saying, "The painting makes me feel.

." "The painting reminds me of.

." "I can see the colors are.

." Pause the video and explore what you think about the painting that you're looking at.

Well done.

Amazing sharing of your ideas and thoughts on what the painting made you think and feel.

You might have said, "The painting makes me feel happy and excited." You could have said, "The painting reminds me of the sky and the stars at night," or, "I can see big shapes and lots of swirls." Sounds like an exciting piece of artwork.

Or, "The colors are bright like red, yellow, and blue," oh, our primary colors coming up again there.

We're going to carry on with Task A and do our second activity, which is using a wax resist technique to respond to music.

Gather your wax materials and your watercolor paint as well and make marks with your wax material while listening to the music.

A great way to do this is to close your eyes so your hand really moves in time to the music and then use your paint, your watercolor paint, to move like the music over your wax marks.

Have fun and enjoy listening, moving, and painting.

Pause the video and I'll see you again in a moment.

Amazing painting and creating.

Well done, everybody.

You might have used swirly lines, some of those swirly lines, for some soft music.

You might have used zigzags for loud music or bright colors for big feelings.

You could have put on some layers of paint, maybe made some new colors by mixing the paint together.

Now we'll go to our second learning cycle and collage a symbol.

Artists sometimes share ideas through symbols.

Symbols are pictures or shapes that stand for something else.

I have lots of ideas about what this shape stands for.

What does this symbol of a hand make you think of? It could make you think of being kind.

It could make you think of making something.

It could make you think of helping others or saying hello.

Hands can reveal a lot about a person, like what they do, how they feel, and their stories.

Here's Lucas.

"My hand shows that I was using green pens before school.

My nails are short, as I play the piano." Amazing, Lucas.

Thank you.

Look at your hands now.

What did they say about you? Pause the video and talk to someone nearby about your ideas.

Well done.

We are learning so much about each other in this lesson.

You might think, "My hands are strong because I like to climb and run," or, "My hands can make things like pictures and models," or, "My hands show that I am lefthanded." The artist Aubrey Williams worked in Guyana with plants and soil as an agronomist.

Can you have a go at saying agronomist? Amazing.

Well done.

This means he used his hands to feel and care for the land.

This artist is going to use a hand to show something about themselves.

They start by choosing a paper color that's special to them.

That's interesting, they've chosen green.

Then they ask a friend to carefully draw around their hand.

What a good idea.

Really helps if someone draws around your hand for you.

They cut around the hand symbol.

I can see there that they're cutting around the big shape of the hand before doing all the details.

They try to make sure the paper has smooth edges.

Now they've cut all the details out.

All the fingers are there.

We have a great question here.

What might this hand say about the artist? Pause the video.

I wonder who is going to be first in sharing their ideas.

Brilliant teamwork, everybody.

Everybody's ideas help us get more creative together.

I wonder if you said, "I choose green as it reminds me of nature." Or you could have said, "My hand might show that I care or protect others," and you could have said, "My hand shows that I'm six years old." The artist might collage their hand to their wax resist artwork.

Here's the hand again.

Our artist might join the two things together, the hand and the expressive painting.

Let's have a check for understanding.

True or false? Hands do not tell you anything about a person.

Do we think this is true or false? Pause the video, talk to someone nearby and share your ideas.

Well done if you said false.

Why is it false? Hands can reveal a lot about a person like what they do, how they feel, and their stories.

A symbol of a hand can also mean helping others, being kind, or making something special.

After you've cut out your symbol of your hand, you can color your hand to your wax resist artwork.

Pause the video while you cut out your hand symbol.

Amazing.

Well done, everyone.

You might have: chosen a color of paper that has meaning to you, used a symbol of a hand to say something about yourself, and collaged your hands onto your wax resist artwork.

Now we're going to do our final learning cycle for this lesson.

We're going to think about what your art says about you.

Our amazing artist Aubrey Williams painted to show how he felt about the land and his culture.

He did not always paint things as they looked.

He used color, shape, and layers to show feelings and ideas.

This is sometimes called expressive art.

I just wanted us to take a moment to think about that word, expressive, and how we do show things without words.

See if you can guess what my hand movements mean.

It could be something I'm doing, something I want you to do or expressing a feeling.

We will do some thinking together and have a check for understanding.

Expressive art means: A, painting things exactly how they look; or B, using colors and shapes to show feelings and ideas; or C, drawing only animals and people.

What do you think? Pause the video and talk to somebody nearby, sharing your thoughts.

Well done if you said B, using colors and shapes to show feelings and ideas.

Expressive art doesn't always show things exactly as they look.

Think about what your artwork today says about you.

You might have made an expressive artwork today.

What do your colors say in your expressive artwork? Here's Izzy.

Izzy says, "My colors show energy and a connection to nature." I like that idea, Izzy.

Thank you.

You can see the energy in the white lines in this artwork.

What do your shapes say in your expressive artwork? Izzy says, "My shapes show the flowing music." That's true.

If you put your finger up and followed those lines and shapes and thought about music, you could see the flow of the music and imagine it playing in your head.

What does your hand symbol say about you or what you like? Izzy says, "My hand symbol shows natural colors and the care I show towards others." That's a beautiful thought, Izzy.

Thank you for sharing.

We'll do a check for understanding and think about what your amazing artwork says about you.

We'll do some I do, you do.

I do.

Select the feeling your work shows.

I've got happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, and scared.

I am going to choose that my work shows an excited feeling.

My work shows a feeling because the colors make me feel excited.

You do.

It's your turn now.

Select the feeling your work shows.

Is it happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, or scared? Pause the video and look closely at your artwork and think about how it makes you feel.

You've all had such imaginative ideas.

Brilliant thinking, everybody.

Izzy says, "My work shows a feeling because the colors make me feel happy.

It also shows a place as it looks like the shapes in my garden with flowers and trees." Amazing, Izzy.

Thank you.

We're ready for Task C: Describe your expressive artwork to a partner.

You could say something like, "My colors are.

." warm, bright, cool, dark, earthy.

"My shapes show being.

." happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, surprised, scared, calm.

"My hand symbol shows.

." creativity, kindness, helping others.

I wonder what you'll choose.

Pause the video and share your ideas with a partner.

You might have said, "My colors are bright and warm, like sunny days." Or, "My shapes mean mountains and rivers because I love nature." Or you could have said, "My hand symbol shows kindness and helping others." All brilliant ideas.

Well done.

It is been a really busy art lesson making together with music and color.

Let's just remember what we've looked at today.

First of all, we thought about artists who might use wax resist and color to create an artwork and we thought, didn't we, about what colors mean, whether they're hot or cold, and how they make us feel, and then we created some hand symbols.

Symbols can help us share ideas without using words.

We can show people what we mean by just using our hands.

Once we cut out our collage symbol, we put it together with our wax resist and created an expressive artwork that told a story or shared a feeling.

Amazing and fantastic work.

I look forward to seeing you in another art lesson soon.

Bye for now.