Mark-marking: preparing the surface for painting
I can understand why artists prepare their surfaces and can prepare my own backgrounds for painting on.
- Year 8
Mark-marking: preparing the surface for painting
I can understand why artists prepare their surfaces and can prepare my own backgrounds for painting on.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Artists use a range of materials in their painting and this can add layers of meaning
- By ripping and collaging we can symbolise memory and the layering of experience in paintings
- Using resist techniques with wax or tape can be used as a symbol
- Transfer techniques give work a faded, ghostly appearance, evoking themes of memory or the passage of time.
Keywords
Wash - a thin, transparent layer of paint, usually created by diluting the pigment with water in watercolour, ink, or thinned acrylics
Layer - a layer is one part of an artwork that sits on top of or underneath another. Artists build up layers using paint, pencil, collage, or texture to create depth and detail
Collage - cut, layered, and glued materials onto a surface to create a piece of art
Common misconception
Artists start a painting or drawing on a plain piece of paper
Often artists create surfaces and backgrounds to work on, it makes the piece have less gaps and is interesting to work over.
Equipment
sand, salt, brushes, found objects, thin paper, ink, acrylic, tape, PVA glue
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Why do artists often prepare their surfaces before painting?
Q2.How might artists prepare their surfaces in creative ways to enhance their artwork?
Q3.Match the definition to the correct word:
Q4.Match each step in preparing a wash with its correct description:
