Devise a mark-making toolkit
I can create mark-making tools using a range of objects.
Devise a mark-making toolkit
I can create mark-making tools using a range of objects.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Different cultures might use different traditional tools and methods for creating artwork.
- Using tools made from natural or found materials creates unique textures, patterns, and shapes for each artist.
- Samples or testers can be useful to explore mark-making before the artist starts a composition.
Keywords
Mark-making - the lines, dots and scratches created by tools
Tools - any object or material used to help create marks, shapes, or effects in a work of art
Traditional - something that is passed down through generations and is connected to the customs, beliefs, or practices of a particular culture or group
Common misconception
Traditionally, all cultures use paintbrushes to paint.
Remind children that although paintbrushes are a popular artistic tool, they are not traditional for every community or culture.
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Equipment
access to a wide range of materials and objects, sticks, pegs, elastic bands, plastic packaging, watered down paint
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
art that does not try to represent something realistically
a strong feeling like happiness, anger, or sadness
a personal interpretation or reaction to an event, image or idea
Exit quiz
6 Questions
The lines, dots and scratches created by tools.
Something that is passed down through generations in cultures.
Items not originally intended for art.
Art created without representational forms.
Chicken feathers
Dotting sticks