Creating a pattern using a square grid
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use a square grid to create a repeated pattern.
Key learning points
- Grids are used in many types of art and design, such as mosaics, textiles, and digital art.
- A square grid helps create structured and repeating patterns by organising shapes and lines.
- Patterns can be made by repeating, rotating, or reflecting shapes.
- Sketching and planning within a grid helps to create accurate and consistent patterns.
Keywords
Reflection symmetry - one half of a shape is the reflection of the other half
Repeat/ repeating - to make or do again
Rotate/ rotating - turning around a centre
Line - a mark made by a moving point, such as a pencil or brush
Common misconception
Pupils may think that patterns do not need a grid to be structured.
While freehand patterns exist, grids help maintain consistency.
Teacher tip
Encourage students to see the grid as a helpful tool, not a restriction.
Equipment
Grid, mark-making tools such as black ink pens, colouring pencils, ruler, mirrors.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Who is Yayoi Kusama, and what type of patterns is she known for?
Q2.Which artist is known for creating optical illusion art?
Q3.What is a key feature of patterns that make them interesting?
Q4.What should you remember when creating your own unique pattern?
Q5.What type of pattern is often found in nature?
Q6.Where might you have seen a pattern?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a grid?
Q2.Reflection symmetry means one half of a shape is a image of the other half.
Q3.Match the keyword with its definition.
turning around a centre point
to make or do again
one half is a mirror image of the other
Q4.Which of these can be used to create a repeating pattern?
Q5.To create a pattern on a grid, you can use symmetry, where shapes are rotated around a central point.
Q6.Grids are only used in digital art.
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