Collage skills using the rainforest as inspiration | Art and design

Starter quiz

What do you use to sketch your drawing before colouring it in?

paint

pencil ✓

glue
What is frottage?

A type of drawing where you colour with crayons.

A technique where you rub over textures with mark making tools. ✓

A type of paint used in collage.
What is sketching?

A detailed painting with lots of colour.

A quick, light drawing to show an idea or plan. ✓

A sculpture made out of clay.
Why do artists use light lines when sketching?

to make the picture more colourful

to make it easier to erase mistakes ✓

to make the sketch look darker
What materials can you use to make a frottage?

only paper

paper, crayons, and objects with textures (like leaves or bark) ✓

only scissors and glue
Match the keywords with their correct definitions.

frottage

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a technique where you rub over an object to create patterns ✓

collage

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A piece of art made by sticking things like paper or fabric together. ✓

textures

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things you can feel or see that make surfaces rough or smooth ✓

rainforest

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a place full of tall trees, animals, and plants that is warm and rainy ✓

Who invented the fun art technique called frottage, where you rub over textures to create exciting patterns and pictures?

Sarah Battle

Max Ernst ✓

Xu Bing
Which technique involves rubbing over textures to create patterns, while the other technique uses cutting and gluing materials together?

frottage and collage ✓

pointillism and watercolour

sketching and painting
When making a collage, what can tearing paper help to create?

a smooth, perfect edge

interesting, textured edges ✓

a completely flat surface
Which of the following is the main difference between frottage and collage?

Frottage involves rubbing to make patterns, and collage involves gluing pieces. ✓

Frottage uses paint, and collage uses pencils.

Frottage is about painting with bright colours, and collage is about sketching.

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Using rubbing techniques can create different textures on paper.
Choosing when to tear or cut helps create the shapes and details needed in a collage.
Layering and overlapping adds depth and texture.

Pupils may think that texture is only about how something feels when touched.

Remind children that in art, texture can also be shown visually, like drawing rough bark or smooth leaves, even if you can’t physically feel it.

Collage - is an art form where various materials are combined to create a new whole
Layering - involves placing materials on top of each other to create depth in art
Texture - the feel or appearance of a surface
Frottage - making an artwork by rubbing over a textured surface with a media to see the pattern underneath