Year 1

Creating media – Digital painting

Lesson 1: How can we paint using computers.

Learning objectives: To paint a self-portrait.

To explore the world of digital art and use ranges of creative tools
To create their own paintings, while getting inspiration from a range of other artists.
To ask to consider their preferences when painting with, and without, the use of digital devices.

The children started this topic by using chromebooks to create and paint portraits of themselves.

Kinglet class, used their digital painting skills to create poppies for Remembrance.

Afia

"We used the painting app to create poppies and autumn trees."

Clementine

"Today we used watercolours and a paintbrush, we printed poppies with paint and an apple and... we painted with a computer!

The children experimented with different sized paintbrushes.

They also learnt how to use the spray can and paint pot.

Ayaana and Duaa

"My fingers got tired but it was fun."

Lesson 2: Using shapes and lines.

Learning objectives:

To use the shape tool and the line tools

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.

In this lesson introduced children to the line and shape tools and revisited the fill and undo tools used for digital painting.

Kinglet Class, created their own digital painting in the style of Piet Mondrian.

Aminah

"Once we got used to creating rectangles and squares we added an oval shape."

Hawwa and Duaa

"It was good fun!"

Sakshi and Daniella

Sakshi and Daniella experimented with adding extra shapes inside their rectangles.

Asahd and James

"You have to press quite hard on the track pad to make the shapes."

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

The children from Kestrel class attempted to draw some shapes.

Lesson 4 Why did I choose that?

Learning objectives

To explain why I chose the tools I used

I know 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

Kestrel class have choose some tools such as circles, square to make their own work of an artist.

'I made a circle.'

'I made a blue circle'

'I made a square.'

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

Kinglet class created paintings in the style of Georges Seurat. They created paintings using dots of paint.

Faiq

"We used the tool bar to change the size of the paintbrush."

Daniella

"I love changing the colours of my dots."

Afia

"I used small dots of paint to create my flower."

Afia

"I also did a sun and a butterfly."

Clementine

"I have made a sunflower!"

Aminah was a fantastic teacher helping friends who wanted extra support. Rohaan used the paint can to spray the dots.

Cassian

"I can use the trackpad easily now."

Asahd

I wanted to use all the tools for my picture."

Children in Kestrel selecting appropriate colours, brush sizes, and brush tools to independently create their own image in the style of an artist. The children made a pointilist flower.