Lesson video

Hi, everyone, welcome back to unit one, lesson two on drawing.

Last lesson, we had so much fun looking at all things mark making.

Can you remember some of the marks we made? You can? Super.

I'm going to ask you to show me some marks in the air with your hands.

Can you do that? Great.

Can you show me a straight line? Can you show me a curved line? Can you show me a zigzag? Great.

Can you show me another line pattern with your arm, or your finger? Maybe a squiggly line, or maybe some loops.

Can you do one now? Fantastic.

Now let's have a look at what equipment we're going to need for today's lesson.

In today's lesson, you're going to need the following things, some blank sheets of paper, doesn't matter what size, maybe your sketchbook, if you have it, some colouring materials, and a pencil.

If you don't have these right now, pause here to go get them.

Now that you have all your equipment in front of you, let's have a look at what we're going to do today.

Firstly, we're going to recap what we did last lesson, then we're going to warm up with some drawing.

After that, we're going to think about how can colours affect our moods? Then, we're going to talk a little bit about how colours can sometimes make us feel hot or cold.

And we're going to finally draw a self-portrait using colours that reflect our emotion.

Now we know what we're doing in today's lesson, let's have a look at our star words.

I'll say it first, then you repeat after me, okay? Colour.

Great job.

Next one.

Emotion.

Mood.

Cool.

Warm.

Hue.

Fantastic.

Okay, before we start all the fun things in today's lesson, I just want to do a recap of last lesson's learning.

So, looking at this drawing on your screen now, can you quickly point to me somewhere where you can see some straight lines, some straight lines? Fantastic.

Can you point to me some curved lines? Great job, can you point to me somewhere you can see some dots? Can you point to me somewhere you can see some loops? Remember, loops are like the circles that continuously go on and on.

And last one, can you point to me somewhere you can see a squiggly line? Great job.

Okay, it's time for our drawing warm up.

I love this part of the lesson, because it gets our creativity turned on and ourselves loosened up for whatever we're going to do next.

All right, today's drawing warm up is going to involve using your toes.

Yep, you need to get your feet out for what we're going to do next.

What I would like you to do is get a blank piece of paper, put it on the floor in front of you, and it might be best to do this outside or on a surface that can be wiped clean, okay? Put your drawing tool, so maybe it's a pencil, or a pastel, or chalk, or whatever you have, in between your toes and try to make as many marks as you can.

It's going to be really tricky.

Have fun.

Make lots of wacky marks.

Press Play when you're ready to carry on the lesson.

When you think about colours of the world, what do you picture? Do you picture colours like red, blue, yellow, green? You do? Great.

But are these the only colours that exist in the world, or are there more? There are more? Yeah, of course there are.

There are all the colours in between.

And in art, we like to use a fancy word.

It's called hue.

Can you say it with me? Hue.

Say it louder.

Now whisper it.

Great job.

Hue basically means all of the colours and shades that exist in the world.

Artists don't need to use the word hue to be good at art, but sometimes we use this word when we're talking about art.

Can you remember what the word is called? What was it called? Well done.

Hue.

Okay, I have a really important question to ask you right now.

What is your favourite colour? Can you tell me right now what is your favourite colour? I love that colour too.

And can you see that colour in the room you're in? Can you point to it? Found it? Fantastic.

Now, I have a favourite colour too, but I do like all colours, and I think that's probably because I love drawing, so I love using all the colours I have, but my favourite colour ever is red.

And I think red is my favourite colour, because it reminds me of all the things that make me feel happy, like Christmas, and sunsets, and Coca-Cola.

Can you remind me what your favourite colour is again? Hmm, why do you think that is your favourite colour? Can you tell me now, why do you think that is your favourite colour? Lots of people say that a colour is their favourite because it makes them think of things that make them feel happy.

Are there any other colours that you can think of that make you feel happy? I want you to take a minute to just look at some pictures I'm going to show you.

Are you ready? Now tell me, how did looking at these rainbows make you feel? Did it make you feel a little bit happy or warm inside? Lots of people feel really happy when they see rainbows and I wonder if it's because there's so many beautiful colours in them, but this also go me thinking.

I wonder what would would a sad rainbow look like? For your next activity, I would like you to draw a sad rainbow either in your sketchbook or on a piece of paper.

Choose all of the colours in your colouring materials that you think are sad colours, or that make you feel a little bit sad.

Have a go and press Play when you're ready to carry on.

Here is my picture of my sad rainbow.

I chose to use lots of dark colours in my sad rainbow.

I also chose to use lots of, what colour is this? Can you see? It's blue.

I chose to use lots of blues in my sad rainbow, because there are a lot of people who associate blue with sadness.

So when they see blue in artwork, or paintings, or drawings, sometimes it can make us feel like the person in the drawing is feeling a little bit sad.

What two colours did you include in your sad rainbow? Can you tell me now? Okay, a quick recap question now.

What was the colour I said that a lot of people associate with the emotion sadness? Was it blue or yellow? Can you point now to your screen? Was it blue or yellow? It was blue.

Well done.

Okay, so thinking back to our title of the lesson, why is colour important in art? Well, we know colour is important because it can show emotion.

It can maybe make us feel an emotion, or it can make us believe that a character in a painting or a drawing feels a type of way.

Here are some other colours that show emotion.

Red can often show love, or anger, or fear, so being scared.

Yellow can show happiness or excitement.

Green can often be disgust or jealousy, so you're jealous.

And blue, hmm, what did we say blue can often mean? Yes, it can often mean sadness, but it can also show somebody is calm or give a sense of calmness to a picture.

Emotions and feelings aren't the only effects of colour in art.

Colour can also give a sense of how warm or cold a place in a drawing or painting is.

Using colours like pinks, reds, oranges, and yellows can give us a sense of a warm atmosphere.

Using shades of blues and greens can make us feel like somewhere is a bit cold or chilly.

For our next and final activity, you are going to be drawing a self-portrait.

Now, at the beginning of the lesson, I said a self-portrait is a drawing of your face.

Now, there are only two rules for drawing your face today.

Rule number one is that you must only draw your face using very simple shapes.

Here is my self-portrait and I have drawn it in the style of a very famous artist called Picasso.

And there was one stage where Picasso only liked to use very simple shapes to draw his faces and bodies.

The second rule is that you are only allowed to colour in your drawing with colours that represent an emotion.

Can you guess what emotion I was trying to show in my self-portrait here? Did you say happiness? Yes, I was trying to show that this person is feeling happy, so I used lots of different shades of yellows, some oranges, and also some pinks, just to brighten it up and show a bit more excitement.

To draw your own self-portrait, you're going to need a blank piece of paper or a page in your sketch book.

And you want to start by drawing either a large oval or a square.

So I'm going to draw an oval.

And you don't want it to be too big, 'cause you need to be able to fit in some wacky hair.

Then, I want to use some shapes to draw my facial features.

And we can use things around our house to help draw around our facial features.

So I'm going to draw an eye.

And I'm going to draw a wacky nose.

And I'm going to start from the top of my page, go out a little bit for the forehead, back in, and then out again for a funny nose.

So I'm going to do a shape like this.

And then I might draw a big ear and a small ear and some hair.

And maybe some eyebrows.

Now, I want this self-portrait to be somebody looking a little bit angry and cross.

Can you remember the colours I said would show or represent angry? Did you say red? Well done.

So I'm going to look and see if I have any colours or colours close to red.

So I've got some, I don't have a red here, but I do have some dark orange and a brown on my oil pastels.

And I don't have a red here either, but I do have a really dark pink that's almost red.

Oh, and I have one red pen and I do have a dark pink and an orange again in my other pens.

Before you start your drawing, take a moment now to think about how you're feeling today.

Then, choose all the colours that you think will help show that emotion in your self-portrait.

Pause now to start your drawing and Press Play when you're ready to carry on.

Okay, now you should have finished your self-portrait, or maybe if you haven't yet, you're going to a bit later.

I did one more self-portrait.

Would you like to see it? Here it is.

Have a look at the colours I've chosen to use.

Now, tell me what emotion do you think I was trying to show this person is feeling here? Lots of blue, so it could be sadness, couldn't it? But it could also be, can you remember the other emotion I said blue sometimes shows? Calmness, so I wanted to shouldn't this person was feeling quite calm, so I used lots of blues, and I also used some lighter tones of pink.

And I think that shows this person looks quite calm.

Okay, now if you wanted to see how effective and how the colours you chose affect other people, take your self-portrait to a family member or a friend and ask them the same question.

Ask them what emotion do you think the person in the picture is feeling? Have a go, and I'll see you next time.

Bye-bye.