Bugs and Beasties
Overview
Awareness of the cause and effect of habitat loss and endangered bugs of the U.K. Colour theory development. Working in 2D and 3D relief.
Technique: Drawing UK bugs and beasts exploring the colours and patterns. Pen, paint, ceramics.
FBV: Rule of law
Cultural Capital: Arts, Environmental.
UN Rights of the Child:
29. Aims of Education
17. Access to information
31. Rest, play, culture, arts
Example Key Words
Ceramics
Pots and other articles made from clay hardened by heat.
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware.
Slab Roll
The slab roll technique involves rolling out clay to an even thickness – usually 1 cm – then cutting shapes, folding, bending, manipulating to form a finished object.
Relief (in clay)
Relief is a sculptural technique in which the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
Refine
To make minor changes to the artwork so as to improve or clarify the end result.