How do Artists use Lines?
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Exploring Lines
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Lines can be used in lots of different
ways.
Experimenting with Lines
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Identify and use different lines:
straight, zigzag, curved, wavy, thick,
thin.
Lines can be used to represent lots of
different things.
Core Knowledge
Visual Arts Unit Plan– Year One
Elements of Art: Line
Exploring Lines
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Teach the names of different lines.
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Explore thick and thin lines.
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Play with creating different pictures using
lines.
Useful link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
get-squiggling
This programme teaches children about lines
and how to use them to draw characters.
Creative application of
knowledge
Experimenting with Lines
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Look at Joan Miró’s Painting (Peinture),
1925 (National Galleries of Scotland,
Edinburgh)
Look at Rembrandt van Rijn’s Saskia in a
Straw Hat, 1633 (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin)
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Create interpretations of Miró’s
painting using lines and shapes.
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Look at other examples of Miró’s work
Observe Pierre Bonnard’s The Luncheon
(Le Déjeuner), 1923 (National Gallery of
Ireland, Dublin)
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Create a string drawing with a piece or
How do Artists use Lines?
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