Lesson video

Hello everyone.

How are you doing today? I hope you're feeling really, really good.

My name is Ms. Afzal, and I will be your art teacher today.

And I'm extremely happy about that because I love teaching art.

And also I'm excited because today we are focusing again on landmarks.

And the name of our lesson today is design a local landmark low relief tile.

So we are gonna be designers today.

The lesson comes from a unit of work, views of a local landmark ceramics.

I hope you are feeling excited about this lesson.

I hope you got some enthusiasm, some focus, some energy.

Shall we get started? I think it's time.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can design a low relief tile using features of a local landmark.

A lot of interesting things there, low relief tiles, local landmarks.

Let's find out more about our lesson.

We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them, my turn, your turn.

Low relief.

Features.

Full scale.

Great stuff, I liked hearing those words.

Let's find out what they mean.

Low relief is a type of sculpture where the design is raised only slightly from the background.

Features, these are the distinctive parts, characteristics, or qualities of something that make it recognisable.

And full scale is a drawing or model that is the same size as the actual artwork.

So these are our keywords, low relief, features, and full scale.

Let's listen out for them, let's look out for them.

They'll be coming up in our lesson.

Our lesson is called design a local landmark low relief tile.

It has two parts to it.

Select features from a local landmark and draw a full scale design.

Let's begin with selecting features from a local landmark.

Take a look at what has appeared on the screen.

Hmm, what type of artwork is this? Pause the video and share with someone nearby.

What did you come up with, I wonder? Perhaps you knew that this is a low relief clay tile.

And remember, low relief is one of our keywords.

The design is raised above the background surface, but not to a great height.

So it's slightly raised but not so much.

Let's have a check for understanding, what is special about a low relief tile? Is it A, the design is raised above the background? Is it B, it is small? Is it C, it includes lots of features? Pause the video share with someone nearby, what's special about a low relief tile? I wonder if you selected choice A.

A, low relief tile has a design raised above the background but not to a great height.

Well done if you selected this answer.

Here's Izzy, here's her sketchbook.

And you might remember exploring a local landmark in your sketchbook like Izzy did.

Can you remember what Izzy's local landmark was? Pause the video, tell someone nearby.

Yes, indeed, it was the castle that is somewhere near to where she lives and she really, really likes this landmark.

Izzy is selecting features from her landmark to include in her low relief tile design.

And remember features, it's one of our keywords, are key details or parts of the landmark that Izzy might choose to include in her tile design.

Hmm, I wonder what Izzy is going to choose which features.

Pause the video and share with someone nearby.

Which features do you think Izzy might choose to include in her tile design? Thanks for sharing and we'll find out soon which features Izzy selected.

Artists can select features to include in their artwork.

Izzy says, "Selecting one or two features of my landmark that I liked means my artwork will focus on the most important or interesting parts, making it more meaningful to me." I love that, Izzy.

Artists do not need to include every detail of the landmark they're looking at, but might include one, two, or three features.

So we can see a few features selected there in Izzy's sketchbook.

Izzy says, "In my sketchbook, I was interested in the textures of the walls." Izzy looks back at her sketchbook page again.

"The shapes of windows really interested me." Hmm, fascinating, Izzy.

Izzy thinks about the facts about historical landmark.

"As a king was imprisoned here, I would like to use his initials on my tile." Really great thinking.

I love how you're bringing in so many different aspects of your local landmark.

The history, physical features, natural features.

Alex looked at the same local landmark.

"I found different features interesting, such as the jackdaws I could see perched on the castle walls." Artists can take inspiration from different features.

This is part of making art personal to you as the artist.

Let's have another check for understanding.

True or false? Artists can take inspiration from different features within the same landmark.

Pause video and decide, is that true or false? Well done if you selected true, and now I'd like you to say a little bit more about your answer.

Pause the video and share with someone nearby.

Maybe you said something like this: artists can look at the same landmark but choose to take inspiration from different features.

Finding different things inspiring is an important part of being an artist.

It's time for your first task.

I would like you to look at your local landmark and the features that you found most interesting.

Use the sentence stems below to help you explain why you've made your choices.

I am going to select, because.

And you give your reason.

The, was most interesting to me as.

So again, you can say what is the feature you've chosen and why it's interesting to you.

Another sentence stem, the, of the landmark really caught my attention because.

And again, give your reasoning.

So enjoy your task, take a good look at your landmark, which are the features that you found most interesting and then explain why you've made those choices using the sentence stems. I'll see you when you are finished.

Pause the video here.

It's great to be back with you.

You might have said something like this, here's Izzy: "I'm going to select the texture of the castle wall, because I like the small detail of this in my sketchbook.

That's wonderful, Izzy." And here's Alex: "The jackdaws were most interesting to me, sitting high on the castle walls as I think it made the landmark a little spooky." I loved hearing that, Alex, and I also love how here we've got these two people looking at the very same landmark and yet coming up with really different features that they'd like to focus on.

That's so great.

And now it's time for the next part of our lesson, draw a full scale design.

Before an artist begins to make an artwork, they might wish to create a design.

This means to consider: which features the artwork will include and where to place them, which tools the artist might use to make the artwork, the size of different features within the artwork, the colours or textures within the artwork.

Designs are important as they help an artist to see what their artwork might look like.

A full scale design is a drawing or model that is the same size as the final artwork or object.

Making a full scale design allows the artist to see all details and proportions accurately before beginning the actual creation.

And did you spot one more of our keywords there? Full scale.

With a low relief tile, this full scale design can also be traced onto the clay.

Let's have a check for understanding, true or false.

A full scale design is a drawing or model that is the same size as the final artwork.

Pause the video while you decide is this true or false? Well done if you selected true.

And now let's find out a little bit more about your answer.

Pause the video and tell someone why you selected that answer.

Maybe you said something like this: using a full scale design can help the artist to see all details and proportions accurately, before beginning their actual artwork.

Well done for sharing your answer.

Izzy is starting her low relief tile design.

"I'm going to use a pencil for my design, in case I want to change anything." That's a fantastic idea.

Gives you a lot of flexibility.

Izzy, love that.

Izzy starts by drawing a full scale tile the same size as the tile she plans to make.

Izzy then thinks about the main feature she wishes to include.

Pause the video and can you remember what were the features that Izzy chose to include in her design? One of her features was windows.

Here's Izzy: "I'm going to use one of the windows as my main feature.

I will use a lot of space for this, as I want it to stand out." Izzy draws the window on her design, thinking carefully about how she is using her space.

So we can see that she's used up more than half of her tile with the window.

So that's really the one of the main things that she wants to include in her design.

Izzy then thinks about the space behind her main feature.

"I want to use the textures I saw on the castle walls almost like I've zoomed in with my camera." It's a great idea, Izzy.

I love that.

So yeah, we can see that zooming in to those textures that Izzy has added to her design.

I wonder what she'll do next.

She draws these textures with her pencil.

Love how Izzy has added on these textures to her design.

Is there anything you think Izzy should change about her design? Pause the video, tell someone nearby.

I wonder what ideas you had.

Let's see what Izzy's thinking.

"I think the background of my tile has not got enough texture." Hmm, I see what you mean, Izzy.

Could be a bit more going on perhaps.

Izzy adds more texture to her background.

Okay, now I can really see how that's come to life by adding that texture.

And Izzy says, "This will give a better contrast between my main feature and my background." Izzy thinks about how she'll make the textures that she wants to include.

I think this tool will be good because I can create the curve shapes with this end.

That's a really helpful tool, Izzy.

I think that's really going to do a job for you.

She makes a note about her tool choice by her design.

And that's a really good idea too, so you know exactly what you're going to need when you finish your design stage and get to actually creating the tile.

Check for understanding.

When creating a design an artist might.

Always use their first idea, use a pencil, make changes to their design.

Pause the video while you decide which of these is true.

Well done if you selected, use a pencil and make changes to their design.

By using a pencil, it's easier to change an idea within a design.

Next, Izzy thinks about the colours she might use on her design.

"I'm going to use some of the colours of the lichen in my background." She uses colouring pencils to plan the colours for her tile.

And now it's time for your task.

I would like you to draw a full scale design for your low relief tile using the features you have selected from your local landmark.

Oh my goodness, this is a great sentence 'cause it's got all three of our keywords in it: full scale, low relief, and features.

So here's how you might go about this task.

First of all, you draw your tile the same size as you want your actual tile to be.

Next, you'll draw your main feature, thinking about your use of space.

Remember, Izzy chose the window as her main feature and she used about two thirds of her tile for that.

Then you'll add other features you wish to include.

Might consider the tools you want to use and you could even note those down on your design.

And finally, consider the colours you might want to use.

So this is what I'd like you to do for your task, draw a full scale design for your low relief tile using the features you have selected from your local landmark.

Enjoy your task, and I'll see you when you're finished.

Okay, it's great to be back with you.

So how did you get on? Your design might include: one, two, or three features from your local landmark, colours and textures that you noticed in your local landmark, features that fill a large amount of space, an idea of the tools you might use.

Well done for creating your design for your low relief tile, you did a great job today.

In our lesson, design a local landmark low relief tile, we have covered the following: artists can look at the same landmark but choose to take inspiration from different features.

A full scale design is a drawing or model that is the same size as the final artwork or object.

Making a full scale design allows the artist to see all details accurately before beginning the actual creation.

I'd like to say well done everybody for designing your local landmark low relief tile.

You are all designers now.

How does that feel? I hope that feels really great, having designed your tile.

What of selecting the features that really appeal to you, for drawing them on your tile, and using colours, and maybe making notes of the tools you might use? There's been a lot going on in this lesson today, and I love how focused you are and involved in all of it.

Stay creative and I look forward to seeing you at another art lesson soon.

Bye for now.