Unit 2B: Creating pictures Section 3: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
Objectives
Children should learn:
technique: to use the flood fill tool to create highlights of colour
technique: to use 'save as'
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
Show the class 'Yellow Islands' by Jackson Pollock. Discuss the rhythmic pattern created by the flowing black lines. Ask the children what colours other than black stand out and why they think the painting is called 'Yellow Islands'.
Demonstrate how a black line can be taken for a 'walk' around the screen. Compare the effects created by flowing lines and angular lines. Show the children how to choose and use the flood fill tool to make coloured 'islands' within a picture.
Ask the children to use the pen and flood fill tool to create lines and colours to express themes such as 'headlights in the city'. Alternatively, children could provide their own titles which convey how they have used lines and colours.
Show the children how to save work using 'save as'.
control the pen and use the flood fill tool to create visual effects
recognise that work can be saved using the 'save as' command
Points to note
Children may not notice small gaps in their lines. Remind them about the 'undo' command if their fills leak.
Children could use traditional methods to produce similar pictures and compare the results.
The 'save as' command allows each child's work to be saved separately.
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