Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Tipping, and I'm really looking forward to learning with you today about our spaces through drawing and painting.

We're going to do lots of thinking, talking, and exploring together in this lesson.

So shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to use different lines and shapes to draw key features of buildings.

Before we start, I would like to introduce you to some keywords.

We'll be using these keywords during the lesson, so it might be a good idea to write these words down.

The first two key words we'll be using today are architect and architectural drawing.

I'm gonna say those again, and I would like you to repeat them after me.

Architect.

Architectural drawing.

Good job.

Now let's find out what those keywords mean.

An architect is a person who designs buildings and helps plan how they will be built.

An architectural drawing is a drawn plan to show how a building will look once it's built and how to build it.

Pause the video here to make a note of these keywords, and when you're ready to continue, press play.

These are our other two keywords.

The first word is horizontal, and the second word is vertical.

I'm going to say those again, and I would like you to repeat them after me.

Horizontal.

Vertical.

Good job.

Let's find out what they mean.

Horizontal is a line that runs from left to right across a space.

Vertical is a line which runs up and down a space.

Pause the video here to make note of these key words.

And when you're ready to continue, press play.

These are the learning cycles that we'll be working through together in today's lesson.

We're going to explore architectural drawings and features, and we're gonna be creating an architectural drawing.

In this first learning, we're going to explore architectural drawings and features.

Have you ever seen a picture of a building before it was built? Pause the video here, and have a discussion with your partner, and press play when you're ready to continue.

Have you seen a drawing a bit like this one before? Well, architects are designers for buildings.

They create drawings to show what a building will look like before it's made.

These are called architectural drawings.

What type of lines has the architect used to create this architectural drawing? Take a look at the drawing there.

Pause the video here.

Give yourself a moment to think, and press play when you're ready to continue.

What lines could you see? Well, architects use clear, straight, and curved lines to make simple sketches.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Architects use clear, straight, and curved lines to make simple sketches.

Is this statement true or false? Pause the video here, and have a quick discussion with your partner, and press play when you're ready to continue.

If you said that's true, you're absolutely right.

These lines are used to create architectural drawings.

Sofia is labelling the architectural features of this building that she knows.

She can see here that there are windows, and here, we can see a door.

What other architectural features can you see? Pause a video here, and have a discussion with your partner, and press play when you're ready to continue.

What else could you see? Well, the building has lots of architectural features.

You maybe saw the window and door, but maybe you also saw the column.

Maybe you saw the arch or the dome at the top.

These are all features of this building.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Which of these architectural features is a dome? A, B, or C? Pause a video here, and give yourself a moment to think, and press play when you're ready to continue.

If you said B, you're absolutely right.

We have the arch, the dome, and the column.

Jacob is wanting to create an architectural drawing of a building.

What tool could he use to draw straight lines? Pause the video here, and have a quick discussion with your partner, and press play when you're ready to continue.

What could Jacob use? That's right.

He can use a ruler to help him draw horizontal straight lines.

Now, Jacob wants the lines to be drawn from the top to the bottom of the page.

How can he do this? Well, he can turn his ruler to help him draw those vertical straight lines from top to bottom.

Now, drawing horizontal lines with a ruler.

We're gonna need to use a pencil, continue to draw on a flat surface, need to hold the ruler firmly, and use light pressure.

Then we draw in one motion, from left to right.

You can see the artist doing that here, using that hand to hold onto the ruler and the other holding the pencil going from left to right.

Now drawing vertical lines with a ruler.

We still need to use a pencil, but we need to turn the ruler around, draw on a flat surface.

Hold the ruler firmly, and use light pressure.

Remember to draw in one motion from top to bottom.

So let's have a go now.

I'm gonna use a ruler to draw horizontal lines.

I'm gonna have a go at doing different ones.

You might want to use square paper to help you do it.

So pause the video here, and give yourself enough time to use a ruler to draw horizontal lines, and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did that go? Well, hopefully, you've got some lines like this on your paper.

And you might have also tried experimenting with lines of different length, maybe done some short ones or some long ones.

Now I'm gonna use a ruler to draw vertical lines from top to bottom.

Again, you might want to use square paper to help you.

So pause the video here.

Make sure that you use a ruler to draw vertical lines on your square paper, and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did you find that? Was it easier or harder than the horizontal lines? Well, hopefully, you've got some lines like this, and that you've remembered to press down firmly on your ruler so it doesn't move when you're drawing those lines.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Let's have a look what's missing in these gaps? Using a ruler helps us to draw what and what lines? Clear and straight, wiggly and sketchy, curved and bendy.

So pause the video here, and give yourself a moment to think what words are missing from these gaps? And press play when you're ready to continue.

If you said clear and straight, you're absolutely right.

That's what a ruler helps us to draw.

Jacob is wanting to draw curved lines to include a dome in his design, and he knows that a ruler is used to draw straight lines, so he doesn't want to use that.

How can Jacob draw curved lines with his pencil? Hmm.

Pause the video here, and have a discussion with your partner, and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? What could we help him with? Well, Jacob remembered how sketching lines helps him to control the direction of the line.

So he's gonna sketch the lines first and then trace over them with a clear line.

So here's his sketch, then he's going to trace over them to make sure that he's got them in exactly the right place.

This brings us to our first learning task.

I'd like you to use a ruler and pencil to practise drawing like an architect.

Two of the following architectural features.

You could draw a dome, column, a window, an arch, or a door.

So choose two of those to have a go at practising.

Pause a video here, and give yourself enough time to do that, and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did you find that? Well, you may have drawn an architectural feature like this.

Maybe you've done the dome and the window.

Did you use a pencil, and did you draw on a flat surface holding the ruler firmly? Did you use light pressure? And did you draw in one motion? And did you trace over sketch lines with a clear line? If you did, well done.

Well done for having a go at drawing these architectural features.

This brings us to the second part of our lesson.

We're going to create an architectural drawing.

Sometimes architects design buildings that are symmetrical.

The building is symmetrical because it looks exactly the same on both sides.

Take a look at that symmetrical architectural drawing, and you see the line down the middle? And then both sides are exactly the same.

This is an example of a building that is asymmetrical.

This means it is not symmetrical.

This building is asymmetrical because it looks different on each side.

Can you see where the line is? How both sides are different? Let's take a moment to pause, and check our understanding.

Which architectural drawing is asymmetrical.

Pause a video here and give yourself a moment to think, and press play when you're ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said C, you're absolutely right.

Remember, asymmetrical is when both sides are different.

There are many architects that design buildings.

I.

M.

Pei was an architect who designed buildings all around the world.

One of his most famous buildings is the Louvre Pyramid in Paris.

It's made of glass and metal.

Pei often used symmetry in his buildings to make them look balanced.

Christopher Wren was a famous architect who designed St.

Paul's Cathedral in London.

He used symmetry to create balance and beauty, making sure both sides of his buildings matched with features like evenly spaced columns, windows, and a central dome.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Christopher Wren was a famous architect who designed in London.

What did he design? The Shard, Big Ben, or Saint Paul's Cathedral.

Pause the video here, and have a discussion with your partner, and press play when you're ready to continue.

If you said he designed St.

Paul's Cathedral, you're absolutely right.

Well done.

Sam and Laura are discussing the design features of their buildings.

Sam said, "I would like the basic shape of my building to look like this." Laura says, "I would like to use these shapes for my windows and doors." Discuss with the partner the design features of the building you would like to create.

Pause the video here to have that discussion, and press play when you're ready to continue.

What are you going to use? Well, when designing a building, you could consider the shape of the windows and doors, any additional architectural features like a dome or a column, and the main shape of the building.

And also you can think about if the building will be symmetrical or asymmetrical.

Will it be the same on both sides? Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding, which is not a design feature of a building? Domes, windows, or grass.

Pause a video here, and give yourself a moment to think, and press play when you're ready to continue.

If you said grass, you're absolutely right.

Well done.

Steps to creating your architectural drawing.

First, draw the main shape of the building.

So here I've selected this shape, and I have sketched it out using a ruler.

So you can see I've created those really straight, horizontal and vertical lines.

Next, we need to draw the shape of the windows and doors, whatever you choose.

Now remember, you can use a ruler for those geometric shapes and straight lines.

Then you need to sketch those curved or organic shapes nice and lightly.

Can you see them here? Now we've got rectangles, and we've got the circle there for the curved shape.

Now any additional architectural features, so if you're creating a dome, you need to make sure you're sketching those curved or organic shapes.

Or if you're using any kind of columns, you can use your ruler for that.

Then you need to trace over the lines and shapes with a clear line.

So we need to make sure that they stand out now, so we can see that drawing.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

I want you to order the steps to creating an architectural drawing.

So we have A trace over the lines and shapes with a clear line.

B, draw the main shape of the building.

C, draw the shape of the windows and doors.

And D, add any additional architectural features.

So pause the video here, and give yourself enough time to order these steps, and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did you get on? Well, hopefully, you knew that B was the first.

We need to draw the main shape of the building.

Then C, draw the shape of the windows and doors.

D, add any additional architectural features, and then A, trace over the lines and shapes with a clear line.

This brings us to our final learning task.

I'd like you to create an architectural drawing of either a building that has already been built or a building you have designed yourself.

You should consider the main shape of the building, the shape of the windows and doors, any additional architectural features, and if the building will be symmetrical or asymmetrical.

You can sketch, trace, and use a ruler.

So pause the video here, and give yourself enough time to have a go at creating an architectural drawing, and press play when you're ready to continue.

How did you find that? Well, you might have created an architectural drawing like this.

Jacob can see that there's a dome, a column, and arches in this architectural drawing, and that this building is asymmetrical because it is different on both sides.

While done for having a go at creating your own architectural drawing.

Before we finish this lesson, let's summarise what we've learned about drawing like an architect.

Architectural drawings are drawn plans to show how a building will look once built and how to build it.

Architects use clear straight and curved lines to make simple sketches.

Rulers help to draw straight lines.

Buildings have different architectural features, and some buildings are symmetrical.

Thank you for joining me in this lesson today.

I hope to see you in the next one.

See you next time.