Week 2

SESSION 3: Animal Patterns

We are LEARNING to

Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.

Use textural materials, including paper and fabric, to create a simple collage.

Super Useful FACT

Collage is an art technique where different materials are layered and stuck down to create artwork.

Useful Links

• Nature's best camouflages - YouTube
• Camouflaged animals in the jungle - BBC Bitesize

TASK: Recreate animal patterns using a range of materials 

Explore the range of animal markings images attached below for inspiration. Look at these four first of all - what similarities and differences can you see?

Think and talk about the patterns you can see using vocabulary such as:

• spotty
• spotted
• speckled
• scaly
• stripy
• stripes
• dots
• dotty
• patchy

Choose one or two patterns that catch your eye. Use hard and soft pencils to draw the lines you can see; exploring the animal skin patterns. 

Then use a range of collage materials to make textures and patterns based on your drawings and the natural markings of a range of animal skins and furs. Manipulate your materials by using layering, tearing, cutting, rolling and gluing techniques to make each collage.

• Which seems most like the real animal pattern, your original line drawing or your collage?
• Why do you think collage makes the pattern appear more real?
• What impact do you think adding a mixture of textures has?

Practical Resources

• Animal markings examples (below)

• Range of different pencils

• Print making and collage resources
• Scissors
• Glue