ENGLISH FOR ART

MATERIALS

PAPER

Backing paper, cartridge paper, gummed paper, scrap paper, tissue paper, tracing paper, crêpe paper, wrapping paper, toilet paper, sugar paper, magazines, newspaper, wall paper, sandpaper, paper pulp, typewriter carbon paper, cellophane, dotted paper, a piece of paper, a bit of paper, feint paper.

CARDBOARD Cardboard roll, corrugated cardboard, crinkle cardboard.

FABRICCloth, felt, velvet, net, buttons, ribbon, Velcro, sequins, sequin trim, wool, shreds of fabric, cotton, raffia.

Pipe cleaner, drinking straw, cocktail sticks, Lolly stick

Paint, acrylic paint, poster paint, ink, varnish

Chalk

Charcoal

Cork

Foil

Glitter

Laces

Plastic band

Plasticine, clay

Polystyrene

String, threat, wire

Leftovers, scrap material

TOOLS

WRITINGFelt-tip pen, fine-line pen, marker, (drawing) (sharp) pencils, soft/hard lead, colouring pencils, pen, crayons, wax crayons, pastels.

CONTAINERS Bucket, plastic tray, plastic pot, jam jar.

CUTTING TOOLS

Guillotine, scissors, a snip, deckle-edged scissors, cutter, cutting mat.

GLUE PVA glue or white glue, glue stick, silicone glue gun.

TAPESellotape or sticky tape, parcel tape, masking tape, double-sided sticky tape, fasteners.

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Clay board, modelling tools

Hole punch, stapler, staples

Measuring tape

Needle, hook and eye, pin/pinning

(Fluffy) (Thin/thick/large) Paintbrush, paint pallet, foam roller

Rubber

Ruler, Compass

Sharpener, rubber

Spatula

Sponge

Template

Tweezers

ART ELEMENTS

LINESCurved/straight, dotted line, wavy, curly, zigzag, thin/thick/faint, bold, broken, parallel, border, silhouette, cross hatching line, diagonal/vertical/horizontal, a free-hand line.

SHAPES

Triangle, circle, rectangle, square, spiral, swirl, quadrilaterals, oval, curvy, concentric circles, long/short, narrow/wide, round, rounded, in a pattern/at random, pattern in shapes and colours, motif, 5/6 points star, symbols, symmetrical, stripes, spots, edge, outline.

COLOURSBright/dull, dark/light, pale, cool/warm, primary/secondary, shades, tones, a tiny little bit of red, a variety of colours.

COLOUR MIXING Thick/thin, watery, to blend colours.

TEXTURES Bumpy, smooth/rough, hard/soft, shiny, furry.

MEASUREMENTS Width, length, height, 4 squares up, an 8 by 8 square, equidistant.

Background/Foreground

Bird’s eye view, side view, front view

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TECHNIQUES

3-D DECOUPAGE

3-D picture

Base/Top/middle/subsequent layer

Cut intricate detail with sharp scissors.

Line up the layers exactly.

To attach layers

COLLAGE

Combining

Frame

I overlap a picture.

I want lots of bits added.

Layers

My piece of paper is full enough now.

Strips going across

The edge is floppy.

Tear up the paper.

COLOURING

Colour it in stripes/in blue.

Fill most of the spaces/the paper.

Keep inside the edges.

Make that shade slightly lighter.

Orangey yellow

You can shade it in blue.

CUTTING OUT

Cut it all around.

Cut it out neatly/roughly.

Cut off the excess string.

Cut out the edges.

Keep on the line while cutting out.

Put the scissors through to make a hole.

DRAWING

Count squares across/down.

Draw from memory.

Go around the edge.

Make curve lines.

Observational drawing

Rub it out.

Two lines going across/down

Start to draw in detail.

Start very softly and get harder.

You need to have got control over your pencil.

GLUING

Can you put the lids on the glue?

It sticks on well.

It’s not going to come off.

Once you have glued... Rub your fingers together to get the glue off.

Stick it/them on like that.

MARBLING

Drop small amounts of different coloured paint.

Hold the paper and lower it down.

Put the paper down and lift the paper up.

The paint spreads all over.

The paper soaks up the paint.

Swirly pattern

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MODELLING

A ball/lump of clay

Clay pot

Coil

Join the two ends together.

Make it thinner.

Press down very smoothly.

Press on hard.

Roll out 3 coils.

Squeeze the lump of clay into a…

Wavy/straight edge

You can smooth it with an old CD.

ORIGAMI

Face the paper down.

Flatten it down.

Fold (gently) in half.

Fold it over.

Lift the paper up.

Once the corners have met, you push out.

Open it up.

Put the paper down.

To crease/crease (noun)

PAINTING

A stroke

Apply two coats of paint.

Blend colours

Blending into light blue

Brush in the same direction.

Can I have yellow, please?

Canvas, easel

Choose one of the colours and do the background.

Clean your brush before you go to another colour.

Cover it completely.

Don’t put your hand on wet paint.

Don’t go over the edges.

Figurative/Abstract

From dark gradually as light as you can.

Hold the brush like a pencil.

How do we make pink? /What colours make orange?

I want you to avoid having too much water in your brush.

It’ll go pale too quickly.

Make sure you keep your brush clean.

Mix it round.

Make the blue paler.

Nice, bright, strong colours

Paint doesn’t go on Sellotape.

Paint the whole thing.

Recreate a picture.

Start with the lightest colours.

Still life/ Portrait (To portray)/ Self-portrait / Landscape

Stir the mixture with a paintbrush.

The main colour that has been used…

The water spans out.

There are some lighter parts and some darker parts.

Watercolours

You’ve put too much water on.

We’ve done all sorts of shadings in between.

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PAPIER MÂCHÉ

Leave to dry.

Mix it in the proportions of …

Mould

Paste the strips of newspaper.

Remove excess water from the prepared pulp.

Ready-mixed pulp

Tear the paper into narrow strips.

PLANNING

An outline very roughly drawn, a rough outline, not with a really heavy hand.

Contrasting colours and textures

I have a choice of colours.

Is there anything else you can see?

It’s an interpretation, there’s no right or wrong.

Make it as big as your piece of paper.

Measurements

That is about the size I want.

That will give us an idea.

The basic outline

The colours we think of at Christmas

Use the space that you’ve got.

What the mask can be/was made of?

What shapes can you see?

QUILLING

Stick it on the paper.

StreamerWrap the strip around the pencil.

STICKING

The parcel tape is shiny in one side. Stick it on the paper.

STAMPING

A stamp

Allow the ink to soak.

Do not overload the paper with paint.

Live the paper dry flat.

Spread the ink over the pad.

Stamp on the paper.

STITCHING

Knots

StitchesSafety pin

WEAVING

Loom

Shuttle

Warp

Weaving frame

Weft

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