Mark-making: matching technique to stimuli
I can select and refine mark-making techniques in response to different stimuli.
Mark-making: matching technique to stimuli
I can select and refine mark-making techniques in response to different stimuli.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- A stimulus is anything that sparks inspiration and helps us to experiment, and express concepts or feelings.
- We can make different textures and marks, such as drips and splattering, to respond to different stimuli.
- We can select the technique and medium for an artwork in response to what we aim to communicate about a stimulus.
Keywords
Technique - a specific way of using tools and materials to achieve a particular effect in an artwork
Medium - the material or substance like watercolour, oil paint, or charcoal that an artist uses to create their artwork
Materials - the physical items an artist uses to create artwork, such as paints, brushes, paper, clay, or fabric
Common misconception
When observing a stimulus, it is best to respond using pencil.
Different stimuli, call for different methods like, loose washes, impasto, detailed line work, collage, etc. Matching technique to stimuli ensures the artwork communicates its idea effectively.
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Equipment
Watercolour paint, brushes, paper, tissue.
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
the process of creating different lines, textures, and patterns in art
instruments or materials used by artists to create marks
this refers to the way a surface feels or looks like it feels
conveys ideas without directly representing objects or scenes
a source of inspiration or reference that sparks ideas for artwork
conveying thought and feeling
Exit quiz
6 Questions
acrylic or poster paint
watercolour
charcoal
oil pastel
fineliner
it is a specific way of using tools and materials to achieve an effect
medium is the material or substance that an artist uses to create
materials are the physical items an artist uses to create artwork
a source of inspiration or reference that sparks ideas for artwork
conveying thought and feeling
the process of creating different lines, textures, and patterns in art