Global action: Arts and Crafts 6. Primary (sample)

PRIMARY 6 ArtS and Crafts

What will you learn?

1.1 With great precision

1 Building your future

Reflect on why it’s important to value education that trains us for a dignified profession in adulthood.

2 Exploring the visible and the invisible

Decent work and economic growth

• Geometrically designed stars

• Parallel and perpendicular lines

• Design using multiview orthographic projection

• The design of buildings in cavalier perspective

1.2 Let’s go to the cinema!

• Animated cartoon characters in films

• Cinematic shots

• Set design

• Art styles: Brenda Chapman and Tim Burton

2.1 Genres and their techniques

• Landscape and perspective

3 Develop your artistic talent

There are many female artists in art history. We know this thanks to research carried out on the history of women.

• Still life and the volume of objects

• Portrait and its context

• Canon and the human body

2.2 From realism to abstraction

• Distorted reality

• Figures fragmented by geometric shapes

• Figure-ground relationship

• A design with stars

• A composition with parallel and perpendicular lines

• The design of a fire engine using multiview orthographic projection

• The design of a house in cavalier perspective

• Animated cartoon characters

• From a wide shot to a close shot

• Set for a moonlit night

• Create your own style

Build:

• A fire engine (page 65)

• Christmas lantern (page 67)

Paint:

• A house that inspired a film (page 73)

Gender equality

• Abstraction, painting the invisible

• Arts styles: Pablo Picasso and Hilma af Klint

• Perspective using collage

• Light and shade on objects using line art

• A 21st century nobleman

• Proportion of the human body

• Grid deformation

• A seabed with fragmented figures

• A visual figure-ground game

• Steps from realism to abstraction

• Create your own style

3.1 A style of its own

• The sense of touch in art

We still have time to stop climate change if we all contribute to changing our behaviours (recycle, use a bicycle, etc.).

• The artist’s palette

• Symmetry and compositional balance

• The artistic language of a pencil stroke

3.2 My self-portrait

• The face in semi-profile

• Artists and their symbols

• Portrait and photomontage

• A composition of textures

• My colours define me

• A symmetrical composition using collage

• Personality within a pencil stroke

Build:

• A game to discover female artists (page 69)

Paint:

• A realistic owl (page 75)

• Geometric abstraction (page 77)

Climate action

• Emotions in a portrait sculpture

• Art styles: Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí

• A 3/4 profile portrait

• Contouring in the representation of objects

• A photomontage portrait

• Modelling emotions

• Create your own style

Build:

• A slide for World Environment Day (5 June) (page 71)

Paint:

• Book Day information card (23 April) (page 79)

In my pencil case

Hard wax crayons

Thick felt-tip pens

Lead pencil

Coloured pencils

Recycled materials

Tempera paints

Coloured paper

Glue stick

Scrap paper

Building your future

Children have the right to not work. Child labour deprives boys and girls of time to play and study and causes health problems.

What do you think?

What profession do you want to work in when you are older?

Do you know what you need to study to achieve it?

The facts

According to UNICEF data, more than 150 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 work.

Plan of action

Reflect on why it’s important to value education that trains us for a dignified profession in adulthood.

Geometrically designed stars

Geometric designs

Geometric designs are characteristic of Islamic art. This type of decoration is based on a combination of circles, polygons and stars with three, six and eight points.

The eight-pointed star is formed by two superimposed squares, one of them is rotated at a 45° angel.

In the Islamic art style of tiles below we can see three types of polygonal stars.

How many points do the stars have?

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Fountain with a pool in the shape of an eight-pointed star. Real Alcázar de Sevilla.

CREATE

A design with stars

Follow the steps and the drawings of the eight-pointed stars on a piece of 5 mm graph paper.

1 Draw two concentric circles and two lines.

2 Draw two squares joining the ends of the lines.

3 Draw two more lines that pass through the centre of the sides of the squares.

4 Join the ends of the new lines.

5 Rub out like this.

6 Colour however you like.

Parallel and perpendicular lines

What basic elements of visual language has Piet Mondrian used to create this artwork? Answer in your notebook.

How to draw parallel lines with a set square and triangle

1 Place the set square with the right angle towards you, place the triangle like the image and draw a line.

2 Move the set square down without moving the triangle and draw parallel lines.

How to draw perpendicular lines with a set square and triangle

1 Place the set square and the triangle like in the previous example and draw one or more horizontal lines.

2 Turn the set square clockwise until it rests on its other side and draw one or more perpendicular lines, moving the set square.

Composition in Yellow, Blue and Red (1937), Piet Mondrian. Tate Modern London (United Kingdom).

CREATE

A composition with parallel and perpendicular lines

Complete in your notebook, using the distances marked, and follow the steps. Use a set square and triangle, and the colours you want.

1 Draw the following geometric shapes:

• Large square (21.5 x 21.5 cm).

•Small square (11 x 11 cm).

• Rectangle (16.5 x 8 cm).

• Triangle (9 cm wide, 8 cm high).

2 Draw vertical parallel lines inside the rectangle 1 cm apart.

3 Draw horizontal parallel lines inside the small square 1 cm apart. Then, draw diagonal parallel lines inside the triangle 1 cm apart.

4 Draw vertical parallel lines inside the large square 0.5 cm apart.

Design using multiview orthographic projection

The dihedral perspective

The first step in designing a three-dimensional object is to draw it on a two-dimensional piece of paper using perspective; for example, we can display different perspectives using a tech-nique called Multiview orthographic projection.

Multiview projection consists of representing an object by drawing its different views: front view, top view and side view.

In your notebook, write the number that corresponds to each view.

Side view

Top view

Front view

Back view

The design of a fire engine using multiview orthographic projection

Observe and complete the front view, back view, top view and side view in your notebook. Colour.

The design of buildings in cavalier perspective

Cavalier perspective

Another method of representing an object on paper is by using cavalier perspective.

This method draws the three-dimensional objects with the help of three axes: z for height; x for width; y for depth.

In architecture, for example, cavalier perspective representations are made to have a global idea of the projects before developing them.

Which perspective are the buildings respresented in? Write the answer in your notebook.

The design of a house in cavalier perspective CREATE

Follow the steps and complete the design of the house in cavalier perspective on a piece of 10 mm graph paper. Colour.

1.2

Animated cartoon characters in films

Animated cartoon characters

Many artists create animated cartoon characters to tell stories. A very famous animated cartoon character is Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney created him in 1927.

Any animal or object (fruit, car, toy, utensil...) can serve as inspiration to give life to a character, as long as it has identity and personality.

Observe the frame and choose the elements used to create the two characters. Write the answer in your notebook.

a) Two buckets and a hamster.

b) A broom and a mouse.

c) A squirrel and a brush.

Frame from the animated film Fantasia 2000 (1999), Walt Disney.

Animated cartoon characters CREATE

Look at the animated objects. Then, choose different objects and draw them in your notebook and turn them into animated characters. Colour.

Cinematic shots

Cinematic shots

Cinema uses different shots to tell stories. The main ones are:

Wide (or long) shot: The characters are seen whole, from head to toe. This shot is used to put the character in a place and to show their relationship to that place or to other characters.

Medium shot: It frames the characters from the waist up. It gives importance to the subject and the background. It is used for dialogue scenes. Close shot: It focuses on the character’s face and shoulders. It is used to show how the character feels because it enhances their emotions.

Which shot from the film best shows the dancer's emotion? Write the answer in your notebook.

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Wide (or long) shot from the short animation Cazatalentos (2018) from the writer and director from Almería, José Herrera. Winner of a Goya in 2019.

Medium shot. Close shot.

CREATE

From a wide shot to a close shot

Look at the wide shot and choose a medium shot and a close shot and draw them in your notebook or on a piece of paper.

Wide shot from the film La primavera siempre vuelve (2021) from Alicia Núñez Puerto, producer and writer born in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz).

Set design

Set design

The set design is the set of visual elements used to set and represent a film, a musical or a play. The elements of the set are the decoration, the lighting, the characterisation (costumes, makeup), etc.

With a partner, describe the elements of the set design in the image of The Lion King (decoration, lighting, colour, characterisation, etc.). Then, answer:

a) Where does this set design transport us to?

b) What elements of the set design give you this impression?

Representation of the musical The Lion King (2019), in Taipei (Taiwan).

CREATE

Set for a moonlit night

Ideas pool Follow the steps and create a night scene using the elements you want.

1 Gather the following materials. Paint the outside of the box black.

2 Line the inside of the box with the blue paper. Paint the floor grey.

3 Add a white splatter to create a starry effect.

4 On black cardboard, draw and cut out the buildings. Add details.

5 On white cardboard, draw, colour and cut out the rest of the elements.

6 Glue the elements onto two planes: in the background, the buildings, the moon and the cat; in the foreground, the rest.

Blue crêpe paper

Cardboard box of approx. 45 x 35 x 20 cm

Newspaper White cardboard

Black cardboard

ART STYLES

The animated films of Brenda Chapman and Tim Burton

Brenda Chapman (1962) is an American director, screenwriter and animator. She directed the film

The Prince of Egypt (1998) at DreamWorks Animation studios, making her the first woman to direct an animated feature at one of the major animation studios.

Later she directed other films such as Brave (2012), in which she created the character of a medieval lady who breaks with all the Disney stereotypes of princesses.

Tim Burton (1958) is an American film director, writer, and cartoonist. His films, inspired by great works of Gothic literature, are characterised by a highly original style, with unique characters and gloomy atmospheres that are loaded with details.

His favourite animation technique is stop motion, which consists of taking still photos of articulated dolls in different positions, to get a sense of movement. He has used this technique in films such as Corpse Bride (2005).

Brave (2012), animated film directed by Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews. Corpse Bride (2005), animated film directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson.

CREATE YOUR OWN STYLE

In your notebook, draw a scene with the animated character you

PLAN OF ACTION

In this unit you have learned some of the fundamental techniques and resources used in many professions: design, architecture, film directing, animation, etc.

Using the thinking technique CAF (consider all factors), express why education, along with the advantages it offers, is so important.

What have I learned?

1 Order the following from 1 to 4 in your notebook. Think about which ones you are good at and which ones you need to improve.

Why is education and training important in order

I understand the steps involved in drawing an eight-pointed star.

I am able to create compositions with parallel and perpendicular lines.

I can identify the different views of an object.

I can visualise how a three-dimensional object is represented in cavalier perspective.

2 Copy the sentences in your notebook and draw how you felt.

• Giving life to an object by turning it into an animated character.

• Experimenting with film shots.

• Composing a set design.

• Creating a scene for an animated film.