Shadow stories: silhouette, clay and light
I can build a simple clay figure and use light and shadow to help tell a story using shapes and silhouettes.
- Year 5
Shadow stories: silhouette, clay and light
I can build a simple clay figure and use light and shadow to help tell a story using shapes and silhouettes.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Silhouettes and shadows can tell powerful stories without words
- Figures and shapes made from clay use storytelling through pose, exaggeration, or absence to express meaning
- Light and scale help storytelling by changing the mood of a clay narrative
- Different materials, like clay and card, can be combined to create new storytelling artworks
Keywords
Silhouette - a dark shape or outline of someone or something, shown against a lighter background.
Shadow - the dark shape made when an object blocks the light.
Clay - a soft material from the ground that can be shaped and then left to harden.
Storytelling - using images, shapes, or figures to share an idea, memory, or message
Common misconception
History ended long ago; it has nothing to do with today.
History still affects life now. By talking about past injustice, maybe through art, we learn how to build a fairer present
Equipment
A3 white card, small pieces of black card or sugar paper, scissors, glue sticks, pencils, air-dry clay, clay board, cocktail sticks, water pots, wooden tools scrap card, cocktail sticks and torch.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does mise en scène mean?
Q2.A figure is a or human shape shown in an artwork.
Q3.Match the word to what it shows:
Q4.Which of these could make a scene feel busy or active?
Q5.When artists arrange figures and objects carefully in a picture, what are they trying to show?
Q6.Put these art-making steps in order:
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.A silhouette shows:
Q2.A shadow is made when something the light.
Q3.Match the word to its meaning:
