Lesson video

Hello, welcome to our art lesson today.

My name is Ms. Holland, and I'm going to be teaching you.

Can you say my name back to me? Well done.

I am so excited about this lesson today.

We're going to be learning lots and lots, and don't worry if you find anything a little bit tricky because I am here to help you all the way.

Shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you are going to have created your very own digital print that says something about yourself to anyone who looks at it.

Now, we will need some keywords, those important words that help us understand what we are learning.

I'm going to say them and explain what they are, and then I'd like you to repeat them back.

So the first keyword is pattern.

A pattern is a design in which lines, shapes, or colours are repeated.

And you can see an example here.

My turn, pattern.

Your turn.

Well done.

Next keyword, motif.

Motif is a decorative image or shape, and it's often used to form a repeated pattern.

Another example is there.

My turn, motif.

Your turn.

Well done.

Third keyword is symbol, and a symbol is a mark or a character or a shape used to represent an idea, an object, or a relationship.

My turn, symbol.

Your turn.

Well done.

And last but by no means least is the keyword today, refine.

And refine is making small changes to improve a piece of art.

Because remember, we can always improve and develop a piece of art.

My turn, refine.

Your turn.

Well done.

And I would like you to keep your eyes open for those words throughout our lesson and perhaps you could point at them when you see them on the screen in this darker black.

Let's get started.

And our lesson is going to be in two parts today.

In the first part, we're going to be designing a symbol, and in the second, we're going to be creating a digital pattern.

And remember, you can take a break between these two sections if you need a little bit of a rest.

Let's get started.

Designing a symbol.

Can you say that? My turn, designing a symbol.

Your turn.

Well done.

Have a look at this picture.

Look really, really closely.

What might the story or idea be in this pattern? So what do you think that pattern is telling us? Remember, there's no right or wrong.

What do you think? Can you tell me? Well, Sam says, "I can see a repeated motif." Remember the word motif? Did you point at me? Well done.

Yes, a motif is an image or shape, and it's a motif of two people dancing together and the colours are joyful and bright.

We've got a lovely bright yellow and a bright orange.

And Sam thinks that this motif could be a symbol.

And remember, a symbol is either an image or a character that represents something, that has a deeper meaning, and she thinks it could be a symbol of friendship.

Artists and designers create patterns using repeated motifs, so repeated images.

And sometimes these images, repeated images act as symbols.

So they mean something, and they might be telling us stories or showing us ideas.

Look here.

A motif, remember, is a decorative shape or image and it's often repeated to form a pattern.

Have you seen any patterns? Can you think of any? Often there are patterns in pairs of curtains or on the tops we wear.

Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring are both artists, and these are both artists who use symbols in their artworks.

Remember, a symbol is an image or a character that means something and can tell a story.

They use simple symbols like these that we can see here that are effective because they're easy to recognise.

Can you recognise these? Have a moment to think.

What do you think each of those represents? Yes, I think we have an eye, a crown, a love heart, and a dog.

Do you think that's a dog or some kind of animal? Examples of these symbols you can find in that artwork are: for Basquiat, we have the crown, which can represent power, and the eye that represents truth.

For Haring, the dog could symbolise protection, and the heart could represent love.

Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring are both examples of artists that use what in their artwork? So this is a check for understanding, and I'm going to say the sentence and you can say it along with me if you like.

And then I'd like you to shout out the word, and I'm going to give you three options that you think fills in the blank.

So once again, the sentence, and wait, don't answer yet.

The sentence is: Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring are both examples of artists that use what in their artwork.

And the options that we have are words, symbols, or dogs.

I want you to think to yourself for a second what it might be.

Then we're going to say it together and then we'll see the answer.

Let's go.

Jean-Michel Basquiat and Kate Haring are both examples of artists that use in their artwork.

Did you say symbols? Well done.

Very good.

And remember, Keith Haring often did use dogs, but both of these artists use symbols.

Sam is designing a symbol to represent herself.

So it's explaining something about herself, showing and telling something about herself through a simple image.

And she shares with Andeep some things that represent her, so that tell about her.

So she says, "I enjoy listening to music." Do you? "I like to take photographs." "I am brave." I'm sure all of you are brave.

"I ride a bike to school." How do you get to school? And "I am kind." And I know for certain that you are all kind.

And "I have a black cat." I'm now going to share with a partner some of the things that represent me.

I could share the things I enjoy, my family and pets, my personality, which means what I'm like, kind or funny.

So I'm going to share a thing that I enjoy is walking in the woods with my dog.

Something about my family and pets is that I have a dog.

And my personality, I like to think that I'm vibrant and fun.

Now it's your turn.

Can you share with a partner or think to yourself and say out loud some of the things that represent you? So to help you, we have some sentence starters.

You could say I enjoy or in my family I have.

You could say my personality is and I have a pet.

Use these sentences to be able to speak in full sentences for your answer.

I'm going to pause the video, and then I'm going to hear your answers.

Well, well done.

I wonder what you wrote down.

What do you enjoy doing? Do you have a pet? What's your personality like? What adjectives would you say your personality is like? So some artists sketch a design first before creating a digital print.

And we can see a sketch here.

And this helps them to plan what they want their design to look like and try out ideas quickly.

And it allows them to make changes easily because when you sketch, you draw very, very lightly.

So you can always rub out lines.

Sam lightly sketched out a design idea for a symbol to represent who she is.

And remember, she rides her bike to school and she has a pet cat.

She sketched out the simple circle shape of the bike wheel she rides to school and then added a shape of a cat in the middle.

That was the idea one of her sketches.

Artists sometimes need to refine their design ideas, and that means make small changes to improve.

How could Sam refine her symbol to make it more simple like artists such as Keith Haring's and Jean-Michel Basquiat's work? And we have an example of a symbol that they may have used.

How could she make it more simple? Well, she refines her symbol by sketching only the simple shape of the cat.

So what is the difference between how these symbols use line? And so line is how thick or light the outline is.

What's the same and what's different? So the cat uses light, thin lines.

Does the crown use light, thin lines? No.

Well done.

They use bold, so thick and dark, clear lines.

True or false? Refining a drawing means to make small changes.

And I would like you to put up your number one finger if you think it's true, and number two finger if you think it's false.

And I will count down from five.

So let's go for the question again.

Refining a drawing means to make small changes.

True or false? Let's count down.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Well done.

It's true.

Artists need to refine their design ideas, and that means making small changes to improve.

When drawing clear, bold lines, it is important to hold your pencil correctly, and I know you'll all be fabulous at that.

Remember, we need to sit really upright at the table and both feet on the floor.

So we have a lovely straight back.

And we need to hold our pencil with a firm tripod grip.

So can you see the images here of the tripod grip? And the grip needs to be towards the tip of the pencil.

So we can see the first image here is holding the pencil in the middle of the pencil.

That's okay for sketching but not for clear, bold lines.

The second image is what we'd like to do, and that's holding the pencil at the tip in our firm tripod grip.

There we can see.

So are you ready to show me? Are you sitting beautifully straight feet on the floor? Let's see your firm tripod grip at the tip of your pencil.

Well done.

Brilliant.

You've all done that fabulously.

So Sam has now carefully traced over the lines in her sketch using a thick pen to make the lines stand out.

And how could Sam make her symbol design clearer? Hmm.

Well, we can still see the thin sketch marks underneath, so she's going to erase those to make it stand out even more.

Can you see if you look really closely? Yeah.

So she's going to use a rubber to rub those out.

And there we have it, much clearer.

Another fill the gap check for understanding.

I will say the sentence, then I'm going to give you the three options, then we're going to have some thinking time, then I will say the sentence again, and you can shout out the right answer and then we shall see.

So the sentence is: when creating a design for a symbol, it is important to keep the design A, complicated, which means it's really, really detailed; B, simple; C, straight.

So thinking time, and then I'll count down from five.

Are you ready to shout out the answer? Let me start off the sentence first and of course you can join in if you'd like.

When creating a design for a symbol, it is important to keep the design.

Yes, well done.

Simple.

We don't want a really detailed, complicated design.

So moving on to our first task, I would like you to design a symbol that represents you.

Think of things that represent you.

Can you remember we've already done that? We discussed that earlier.

And select one or two things to develop into a symbol.

So choose only one or two things to turn into a symbol.

And remember how Sam did that.

So she started off with her wheel and then her cat.

And actually she realised she wanted it more simple than that, so she's just done a cat.

Then I'd like you to design your symbol using simple shapes and bold lines.

So sketch out your symbol, then trace your symbol using bold pen lines.

And remember, sit beautifully straight, feet on the floor, firm tripod grip towards the tip of the pen or pencil.

And then rub out any of the sketched lines that are still there.

Pause the video, and off you go.

I really wish I could see all your beautiful designs.

I bet they're amazing.

I wonder which one you did.

Well, let's see Sam's again.

So you may have designed a symbol that represents you.

What did you choose? Refined your symbol, so made small changes.

Used clear, bold lines, and then created a simple design with little detail.

Well, well done.

Now remember to take a short break if you'd like to because we are now going to move on to creating a digital pattern.

Are you ready? Let's go.

Artists and designers can use digital programmes to easily repeat motifs to create patterns.

Did you point at me twice then? They're two of our keywords, motif, which is a simple image, and pattern, which is a repeated image.

Here we have Sam's motif of a cat, the symbol that she's developed.

And look, she's created a repeated pattern.

Artists and designers can use digital programmes to easily repeat motifs to create patterns.

And within most digital programmes, you can insert an image by finding the insert option.

Look closely how it's spelt.

Can you repeat that word? Insert.

Your turn.

Well done.

Selecting the image symbol.

And here this is what an image symbol will look like.

And then selecting the upload symbol to upload your image.

So even the digital programmes have symbols to help communicate what their functions do easily to us.

Tricky one, but I'm here to help.

Which digital symbol represents an image? So if you wanted to choose an image, which one would you click on? We have A, insert; B, an image of two triangles; and C, an image of an arrow.

I'm going to give a countdown from five in a minute after some thinking time, and then I want you to shout out the letter A, B, or C.

Ready? Five, four, three, two, one.

Well done.

Yes, it's B.

Sam wants to create a digital pattern.

She takes a photograph of her symbol from the first part of the lesson.

Here's a really good top tip.

Make sure you hold the camera still and capture the symbol close up in the frame.

And that means you want to hold the camera really still over your symbol and make sure you can see all the symbol in the screen.

She then uploads her photograph of the symbol to a digital programme.

So she goes to insert, she clicks on this symbol, and then she clicks on that symbol.

And there it is.

Sam then selects the drawing tool to trace around the photograph of her symbol.

So the drawing tool should be on the top of your screen.

And she's now going to draw around the photograph of her symbol.

Can you see it? There she is.

She then selects her photograph and deletes it, leaving her drawing behind.

So she doesn't select her drawing, just the photograph.

And can you see that green box? That's her selecting it, and then she's going to delete it, so get rid of it.

And she's left with her lovely drawing.

A check for understanding and a fill the gap.

So remember, I will say the sentence, I will then give you the three options, I will give you some thinking time, then I'll say the sentence again out loud.

And I want you to shout out your answer really loudly so I can hear it.

Okay, ready? Right, you can select a to trace around an image.

Is it a drawing tool, a paste tool, or a copy tool? Thinking time.

Well done.

I'm going to say the sentence, and I want to hear your answer.

You can select a to trace around an image.

Let's see.

Well done.

Yes, my turn.

You can select a drawing tool to trace around an image.

Your turn.

Well done.

Using the copy and paste tools, you can copy your symbol.

So here's the copy and here's the paste.

So you can copy it, you click on it, and then you click the copy icon or symbol, and then you can move it and paste it somewhere else.

Using the move and resize tools, you can make your symbol smaller and move it to where you want it on the page.

So here's the move symbol.

And once you've copied and pasted it, you can move your symbol to where you would like it and you can make it smaller or bigger by this arrow.

And you can draw down the corner to make it bigger or push the corner of the square up to make it smaller.

And here we have Sam.

She's moved it and made it a bit smaller.

And then Sam repeats the process to create a digital pattern.

So she copy and pastes, moves and resizes it, and she's making the size the same as the other cats.

Copy, paste, resize, move.

Okay? So copy, paste, resize, move.

Can you say that? Copy, paste, resize, move.

Your turn.

Well done.

Which digital tool can you use to copy? So these are the symbols.

Is it A, is it the middle one, or is it C? Thinking time.

Right, I want you to show me one for A, two for B, or three for C.

Five, four, three, two, one, go.

Yes, well done.

It's A, number one.

Our second task is to create a digital pattern to represent something about yourself.

So taking your symbol from your first section of the lesson, I want you to upload your symbol to your digital programme.

So take a photograph of your symbol, then upload it to the programme.

So use insert, then press on the image icon or symbol, and then the upload symbol.

And then you have it on your digital programme.

You could pause the video now if you wanted to and go and do that step, or you can stay with me and I'll show you step two and then you can pause it after that.

But remember, you can re-watch any part of this video if you want some more help.

So two is creating a pattern.

So you select the drawing tool to trace around your symbol.

You then want to delete the photograph and just leave your drawing.

You then want to copy, paste, resize, and move your symbol lots of times to create a repeated pattern.

And here are the symbols you can help, remember.

So copy, paste, move, resize.

Off you go.

Well done.

Again, I wish I could see all your wonderful repeated patterns, and I hope that you were able to pause the video, go back to the video if you were stuck at any point.

Let's see what our pupil's done.

So this is Sam's and she's taken a photograph of her symbol.

She uploaded the photograph to a digital programme and then selected the drawing tool to trace around the symbol.

And then she used copy, paste, move, resize, that lovely format, to create her pattern.

I wonder what yours looks like.

If you are in class, perhaps you could share what yours looked like now.

Well, well done, and thank you so much for joining me today, and I hope you were pointing at all the keywords.

They came up lots, didn't they? And there's one more chance now to be able to point at the keywords when they come up.

Ready? Let's go.

Symbols can be used to represent an idea.

Designs can be refined and simplified, so small changes can be made.

Technology can be used to copy and paste a design.

And repeating motifs can create eye-catching patterns.

Well done.

We have done so much learning today.

Wowsers.

You are amazing, and I hope you've really enjoyed it too.

And I hope to see you again very, very soon.