Drawing and painting my dream building
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use my imagination to draw and paint a dream building.
Key learning points
- Artists and designers use their imagination and different types of lines, shapes, and patterns when drawing.
- Painting using colour, texture, and brush techniques helps to add depth and detail to designs.
- Different colours can express mood and atmosphere.
Keywords
Imagination - an idea in your head about something you have not experienced in the real world
Sketch/sketching - making quick and simple drawings to show ideas or the things we see
Texture - how something feels when it is touched
Detail - a small part of something that adds to its overall appearance
Common misconception
Artists always draw things exactly how they look in real life.
Artists sometimes draw things as they look in real life but can also draw things from their imagination.
Teacher tip
Consider looking at Friedensreich Hundertwasser: a painter, printmaker, and architect best known for his paintings characterised by colourful and natural shapes.
Equipment
For this lesson, students wil need access to painting materials.
Licence
except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is a print?
Q2.What is this object?
Q3.What is a sketch?
Q4.What is imagination?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which of these is a sketch?
Q2.When you use your imagination you ...
Q3.What does this colour mixing show?
Q4.Texture and detail can be added to a painting by ...
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