Thick and Thin Paint

By Clare Boreham Kerr.

In the ‘Adapting AccessArt‘ series, we will be spotlighting teachers who have used AccessArt resources to develop their own.

In this resource, SEN teacher Clare Boreham Kerr shares with us how she adapted the AccessArt Painting the Storm resource to create experimental paintings in a SEN setting. This activity explores the differences between thick and thin paint and how artists might use paint for different purposes or to create different effects. The class begin by looking at the work of Bridget Riley and George Oomen to observe their use of colour and paint, before moving onto their own large-scale colour explorations. Through this activity, pupils have the opportunity to learn about primary and secondary colours, colour mixing, and how changing the thickness of paint impacts the outcome. This activity was developed to suit learners with specific learning needs, but could also be used in mainstream Primary settings to support learning about colour and paint.

 

Dripping paint running down paper.


Please log in here to access full content.

Username
Password


Remember me
Forgot Password

 

To access all content, I would like to join as…

An Individual

Creative practitioners, educators, teachers, parents, learners…


An Organisation…

Schools, Colleges, Arts Organisations: Single and Multi-Users



AccessArt is a UK Charity and we believe everyone has the right to be creative. AccessArt provides inspiration to help us all reach our creative potential.



You May Also Like…

The AccessArt Offer to SEND (mainstream)

Coloured beads made from clay and paper

Painting the Storm

Graphite and watercolour cloud and rain

Mixed Media Landscape Challenges

The final piece - Maiden Stack, Papa Stour, Mixed media on paper


Talking Heads

 

You May Also Like…

find your messages

Message to the World

Portrait Club

Zoom Portrait Club by Jake Spicer

Adapting AccessArt: Faces and Stories

Layered Ink Portrait by Sarah Longley

Exploring Macbeth Through Art: Macbeth Portraits

A pencil drawing of Macbeth.


How I use my Sketchbook as a Mixed Media Artist by Morag Thomson Merriman


How I use my Sketchbook as a Painter by Joe Gamble


Collage: Deconstructing, Reconstructing and Abstracting

What We Like About This Resource…

“I really like how this playful resource helps us to make a creative response inspired by a stimulus, ensuring that the stimulus is only an entry point into an outcome that will look totally different. Exploring the themes of colour, texture and composition through the lens of different artists also helps us see how we can interpret (and re-interpret) colours and materials in a meaningful way. Viewfinders and collage are also great tools for those who experience ‘fear of the white page’ and will allow learners to make conscious creative decisions as they go.” – Tobi, AccessArt

You May Also Like

Adapting AccessArt: Colour and Composition

Shape and Composition by Yu-Ching Chiu

Cut Paper Collage Still Life

Still Life Collage by Charlotte Puddephatt

Cooking with collage

Food Collage by Tobi Meuwissen


Adapting AccessArt: Colour and Composition

You May Also Like

Manipulating Forms in Landscape Painting

A painted depiction of a lido.

Layered Colour Gestural Drawing

end2a

Cut Paper Collage Still Life

3


Artist Residencies in Schools


Our Creative Community: Plates Inspired by Janine Burrows


Working in a Studio

You Might Also Like…

Artist Studio Series

Jam jars holding paint brushes and other printmaking materials.

Talking Points: Artists as Collectors and Explorers

Explore Contemporary Artists, Designers and Makers


Changing Colour

You Might Also Like…

EXPRESSIVE PAINTING AND COLOUR MIXING

primary colours sketchbook page

Walking and Drawing

Walking Drawing

Hedgerow Art

Sara's example of an individual layered painting


Manipulating Forms in Landscape Painting

See How This Resource Is Used in Schools…

Sutton Valence Preparatory School
Sutton Valence Preparatory School
Sutton Valence Preparatory School
Sutton Valence Preparatory School

You Might Also Like…

Landscape Painting: Plein Air Painting

IMG 11

Working With and In the Landscape

A palette drawn on Khadi paper. (a hand made indian paper that is really tough and flexible). Sea weed, litter, natural earths, clays and sands from the site.

Painting The Storm

Painting the Weather


Cloth, Paint, Print: Inspired by Natural Objects

You May Also Like

Making Painted & Sewn Landscapes

Painted and sewn cloth

Monoprinting with Oil Pastel and Carbon Copy Paper

Carbon and oil pastel mono print


Wet Strength Tissue Paper Cups

You Might Also Like…

Sculptural Modroc Pots

2cups

Art Club Cafe

Anna Campbell Art club cafe - donuts

Manipulating Paper: 2D into 3D

13


Painted and Sculptural Plant Pots

You Might Also Like…

Drawing and Making Flowers

Finished flowers at Ridgefield Primary School

Painting on Plaster Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh

14

Cut Paper Collage Still Life

1


Alternative Fashion

You Might Also Like…

2d and 3d Fashion Designs using Painted Paper

assembling the outfits

Barbie and Ken Transformation

lots

Puppets Inspired by Historical Paintings

Pop-Up Puppets


Working on Black Paper

You Might Also Like…

Drawing Spirals

Making the spirals their own

Thinking Silhouettes

Thinking Silhouettes

Painting with Poster Paint

Poster Paint Collage


AccessArt Session Recording: Colour Mixing


Artist Studio Series: Sherrie Leigh Jones


T-Shirt Paintings

Dalery Rowney Logo
Scola Logo registered trademark l_r png-01

You May Also Like…

Transforming Objects

Painted Found objects by Paula Briggs

Autumn Floor Textiles

Final Autumn Floor Textiles Made Using Rubbing by Tobi Meuwissen

Collecting, Arranging, Drawing

Blending Chalk by Tobi Meuwissen


Artist Studio Series: Sara Reeve