"Shapes Song"

Sing and learn with fun the "Shapes Song". 

Square

Circle

Triangle

Rectangle

Star

Heart

Diamond

" Pablo Picasso: Cubist Self Portrait"

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor. 

He founded CUBISM movement. Cubism used colours lines and shapes. 

These are Picasso's portraits: 

Let's do Cubist self-portaits!. Use these shapes: 

They may be like these: 

Make your portrait original!. Express yourself!. Be unique!. 

"Sesame Street: OK Go - Three Primary Colours"

Primary colours are: BLUE, RED and YELLOW. 

Secondary colours are ORANGE, GREEN and PURPLE (or VIOLET). 

Sing and learn this song: 

"Line, Shape, Texture and Pattern"

This short video describes the difference between line, shape, texture and pattern. 

"The Line Film"

This video shows vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines. Lines can be delicate and thin or bold and thick. Straight or curved. Lines can be elegant curves, zig-zags, dotted, or dashed...

"Let's Talk About Lines"

These animals (¿?) introduce ways artists can use lines to show emotion.

" A Line Is A Dot That Went For A Walk"- Paul Klee

This video shows things, objects and landscapes we can draw with just lines. 

Meet the Artist Vincent Van Gogh!

Let’s take a look at one of Vincent’s sunflower paintings. 

What do you feel when you look at this image?.

Notice how some of the flowers appear freshly cut and others seem to have been sitting around the house for a few days. Vincent wanted to capture them in all different stages of life. A few of the flowers are looking straight at you while some of them turn their heads away.

The "Sunflowers", fourth version with yellow background is at the National Gallery in London (England). 

Let's visit the museum!!!. 

Now, watch this child-friendly introduction to Vincent Van Gogh. Who was he?. Why is he famous?. What did he do?. 

"Pop Art and Andy Warhol"

Andy Warhol was born on 1928 in the USA.

He is most famous for being involved in the pop art movement and he was called the Prince of Pop.

When he was young he showed that he was very talented at drawing and painting. He studied commercial art and when he was about 21 he went to New York and worked as an illustrator for some famous magazines like Vogue and Harpar's Bazaar.

In the 1960's Warhol decided to paint daily objects that were mass produced like Coke bottles and Soup cans.

He also started a place called "The Factory"  which was an art studio where he used workers to mass produce prints and posters.

He also liked making silkscreen prints of famous people like Marilyn Monroe and Mick Jagger.

Watch this video about Warhol and his paintings!. 

Now, let's paint some photographs as Andy Warhol did!. 

It is amazing!. Look at these nice wall display with pictures of real "POP ART TEACHERS" of year 1 and 2 at our school. 

"Kandinsky Circles"

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was born on 16th December 1866. He was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He was an abstract painter. 

Watch this video about one of his famous paintings. What colours can you see?. Are they primary or secondary colours? warm or cold?. 

Can you decorate a tree with Kandinsky's circles?You are an ARTIST!. 

"Primary and Secondary Colours!"

Hi kids!

Today we are going to learn the primary and secondary colours in English. 

Primary colours are red, yellow and blue. 

When you combine any two of the primary , you get three new mixtures called secondary colours: orange, green and purple. 

Look at this!

Now, let's see the colours wheel!.

Learn all about colours with an original song and a flying unicorn and robot!. 

The song tells what are primary, secondary, warm and cool colours. Pay attention!.