Key Stage One : Art and Design : Garden Flowers


This art and design teaching pack for Years One and Two in Key Stage One gets the children to develop and refine skills in representing different types of flowers grown in a garden by using a range of painting techniques. The class can try replicating artwork by significant artists to develop their painting skills.

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This teaching pack includes six lessons to teach the class to develop and refine skills in representing flowers using a range of painting techniques. There are activities for shared, independent and group learning.

This scheme of work for art and design is recommended for Years One and Two in Key Stage One although it could also be easily differentiated for children in other ages and classes to use.

Skills covered in this teaching pack include describing colours and shapes used in artwork of flowers, replicating painting styles and techniques by significant artists and using paints to represent flowers in a vase.

Lesson One : Fruit Colours

Investigate shades of colours that have been used in different pieces of art. The class can select sections of a picture to replicate using colouring pencils.

Learning Objectives
Ask and answer questions about the starting points for their work. Explore and describe colour, pattern and texture in artwork.
Learning Outcomes
I can ask and suggest answers to questions to explore colours used in a work of art. I can record colours of different objects.
Teaching Resource Files
Lesson plan fruit colours Display fruits posters Display fruit and flowers poster Activity drawing frame (colour, black and white) Presentation fruit colours

Lesson Two : Fruit Shapes

Explore shapes and patterns used in different still life paintings depicting fruit. The children can practise using pastels to make shapes in different ways.

Learning Objectives
Ask and answer questions about the starting points for their work. Explore and describe shape in artwork.
Learning Outcomes
I can ask and suggest answers to questions to explore shapes in a work of art. I can draw a picture of a shape to represent an object.
Teaching Resource Files
Lesson plan fruit shapes Display fruit halves posters Display fruit and flowers poster Activity pastel drawing (colour, black and white) Presentation fruit shapes

Lesson Three : Flower Colours

Use pastels to record colours of different flowers found in the school grounds. The children can use a viewfinder to select parts of a picture to represent.

Learning Objectives
Ask and answer questions about the starting points for their work. Explore visual and tactile elements, including colour.
Learning Outcomes
I can discuss with the class questions and answers about colours used in a picture. I can record the colours that I can see in an object.
Teaching Resource Files
Lesson plan flower colours Display what flowers posters Activity flower viewfinder (colour, black and white) Presentation flower colours

Lesson Four : Sunflowers

Explore and record colours, shapes and patterns in a painting by a famous artist. The class can try painting sunflower shapes using swirls of paint.

Learning Objectives
Try out tools and techniques and apply these to materials and processes. Ask and answer questions to help develop ideas for artwork.
Learning Outcomes
I can use different methods to create textures  and shapes using paint. I can ask and suggest answers to understand how a work of art has been created.
Teaching Resource Files
Lesson plan sunflowers Display sunflowers Van Gogh poster Activity flower swirls (colour, black and white) Presentation sunflowers

Lesson Five : Flower Vase

Produce a still life drawing of a vase of flowers as preparation for painting. The children can try representing colours and shapes seen in flowers.

Learning Objectives
Try out tools and techniques and apply these to materials and processes. Use line and tone to draw shapes to represent objects.
Learning Outcomes
I can use different methods to create lines and tones when drawing. I can draw shapes to represent real world objects.
Teaching Resource Files
Lesson plan flower vase Display flowers posters Activity flower vase template (colour, black and white) Presentation flower vase

Lesson Six : Flower Painting

Select colour shades to create a still life painting of a vase of flowers. The class can use paints to illustrate shapes and colours seen in flowers.

Learning Objectives
Try out tools and techniques and apply these to materials and processes. Use line to help paint shapes to represent objects  in artwork.
Learning Outcomes
I can use different methods to create lines and shapes when painting. I can paint shapes to represent real world objects.
Teaching Resource Files
Lesson plan flower painting Display flowers posters Display vase flowers poster Text painting flowers instructions (colour) Presentation flower painting

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You can preview all of the lessons from this scheme of work to see if they will match the needs of your class. If you have any questions about this art and scheme of work for Key Stage One then please contact us so that we can help.

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