Year 1

Creating Media - Digital Painting

In this unit, the students explored the world of digital art and its exciting range of creative tools. They had the opportunity to create their own paintings, while getting inspiration from a range of other artists.

Lesson 1: How can we paint using computers?

Learning objectives:

To explore the function of different freehand tools.

● I can make marks on a screen and explain which tools I used

● I can draw lines on a screen and explain which tools I used

● I can use the paint tools to draw a picture

This lesson introduced the students to the freehand tools available for digital painting.

Merlin class explored the functions of different freehand tools by making marks on a screen and drawing lines.

In Magpie class the children drew vertical lines and drew pictures of their friends using a pencil.

Lesson 2: Using shapes and lines

Learning objectives

To use the shape tool and the line tool

● I can make marks with the square and line tools

● I can use the shape and line tools effectively

● I can use the shape and line tools to recreate the work of an artist

This lesson introduced students to the line and shape tools and revisited the fill and undo tools used for digital painting. They created their own digital painting in the style of an artist.

Moorhen class created some digital art inspired by the work of the artist, Piet Mondrian. They used the line and shape tools to create rectangles and then filled the spaces with colour. They found it was easier to use the shape tool but worked hard to master the challenge of using the line tool.

In Magpie class the children used the lines and shapes tool to draw lines.

Lesson 3: Making Careful Choices

Learning objectives

To make careful choices when painting a digital picture

● I can choose appropriate shapes

● I can make appropriate colour choices

● I can create a picture in the style of an artist

This lesson introduced students to a range of shape tools, allowing them to create a painting in the style of an artist.

Moorhen class created some digital art inspired by the work of the artist, Henri Matisse. They used the shape tools to create rectangles and squares and then filled the spaces with colour.

In Magpie class, the children used the pencil tool to draw pictures.

Lesson 4: Why did I choose that?

Learning objectives

To explain why I chose the tools I used

● I can explain that different paint tools do different jobs

● I can choose appropriate paint tools and colours to recreate the work of an artist

● I can say which tools were helpful and why

This lesson increased student's understanding of the available paint tools and encouraged them to select the best tools to create a digital painting in the style of Kandinsky.

In Magpie class, the children used different tools to draw circle and had a turn to colour and shade in.

I drew a pink circle.

I used different colours to make circle.

I drew circles.

I am having my turn to draw circles.

Lesson 5: Painting all by myself

Learning objectives

To use a computer on my own to paint a picture

● I can make dots of colour on the page

● I can change the colour and brush sizes

● I can use dots of colour to create a picture in the style of an artist on my own

In this lesson, students selected appropriate colours, brush sizes, and brush tools to independently create their own image in the style of an artist.

Lesson 6 : Comparing computer art and paintings

Learning objectives

To compare painting a picture on a computer and on paper

● I can explain that pictures can be made in lots of different ways

● I can spot the differences between painting on a computer and on paper

● I can say whether I prefer painting using a computer or using paper

Students compared their preferences when creating paintings on computers and on paper.

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