Balance and print: telling stories with everyday things

Art and design

Charcoal worlds: draw, smudge, imagine

Art installation: sculpture you can walk through

Clay landscapes: hand building towers together

Made in collaboration with October Gallery, the unit looks at how materials can be transformed into imagined and shared stories. Pupils create new worlds and think about how art can shape and celebrate real ones. They investigate how public art holds stories of pride, memory, and transformation.

Imagined spaces and shared stories

Only expensive things like gold and jewels

Everyday things like wood, rocks, and plants

Only art equipment like paint and brushes

What materials did Arte Povera artists use?

Carefully place objects so they don’t fall

Match each action with what you do when creating a temporary sculpture:

What is the word for art made from everyday objects?

Put these steps in the correct order to make a press print:

Makes small shapes and more detailed lines

She drew flowers, large trees and small animals

She used dark tones, strong lines and deep shadows

She painted with light watercolours to create shadows

How did Käthe Kollwitz make her pictures feel strong and serious?

Smudge to add shadows and soften shapes

Put these steps in order to start a charcoal drawing:

What black drawing material did we use in our lesson?

What word means the mood or feeling in your picture?

Starter Quiz

What does smudging do to your drawing?