By Yu-Ching Chiu

In this resource, artist and artist educator Yu-Ching Chiu shares her adaptation of the Manipulating Forms in Landscape Painting resource. This resource highlights that observation doesn’t always have to be close and detailed, and that colour and shape can be used to build interesting compositions. Yu-Ching works across pre-university Foundation level, however, her adaptations could be translated across a variety of ages.

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Aim: To introduce pupils to sportswear design, what it’s used for and what it can represent. Pupils will get the opportunity to design their own sportswear whilst developing painting and collage skills.

Step 1: Introduce

Begin the session by asking pupils to make an Olympic project sketchbook using one of the “Making Sketchbooks” resources.

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Give pupils the opportunity to draw figures from life inspired by the “Life Drawing For Children” resource. Borrow some sports equipment from the PE department to inform their poses. Take it in turns to model in an athletic pose related to the sports prop and draw.

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Introduce pupils to the idea that sportswear can be designed to reflect a sport, person, a team, a place etc. Watch the videos on “Talking Points: Designing Sportswear” and use the questions to prompt a discussion about what designers use as inspiration for their designs.

Using paint and collage, invite pupils to create decorated papers which can be transformed into “2d and 3d Fashion Designs“. Adapt the resource slightly to encourage them to think about what motifs/symbols/patterns they might create to reflects their local area, personality, a sport, olympic value, or a focus of your choice.

Step 4: Reflect

Use the resource here to help you run a class “crit” to finish the project. 

Invite children to display the work in a clear space on tables or on the wall. Recap with them about the exploration – where they started, what they discovered and what they enjoyed.

If you have class cameras or tablets, invite the children to document their work, working in pairs or teams.

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Sketchbooks

A3 and A4 Cartridge Paper

Drawing materials

Sports equipment to use as props

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PVA glue

Mannequins (Wooden or Cardboard)

Clear tape

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You may like to focus on the history of sportswear, creating designs based on historical fashion and sportswear.

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Saoirse Morgan

“My paintings explore my connection with familiar landscapes. The subject of my work is my home terrain of West Wales: the landscape, the coast, the ecology. I am inspired by local colour, plant life, atmosphere and weather. I spent my childhood on small islands, surrounded by swirling tide races and wild, wind-blown seas.  My terrestrial environment is maritime heath and lowland heath. It’s a warm, familiar colour palette, dominated by bracken, heather and gorse.” – Saoirse

Questions to Ask Children

How does Saoirse’s painting process connect to the sea?

How do the colours, shapes and textures evoke the atmosphere of the sea?

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How does the painting, and process capture the essence of the sea?

What do you like / dislike about the painting?

How does the painting make you feel?

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Are there any animals / insects / plants in your local area that has been suffering the consequences of climate change? How has your local landscape been affected?

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