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Year 7: Antoni Gaudi

How can we use our design skills to create our

own Gaudi inspired mosaic salamander? Name: _____________________ Class:__________________ Teacher: __________

Each lesson is approximately one hour long, do not rush any of the work set and always attempt

extension tasks if you can. As always, take your time and give 100% effort.

Your submitted piece that will be assessed is lesson three, task three. You are expected to email a

photograph of your completed work to DON.ArtAndTechnology@oasisdonvalley.org by Friday the

1st of May!

Contents

Lesson/Resource Page Numbers

Tick when complete

Lesson 1 - Re-cap on Antoni Gaudi knowledge & art materials. Drawing skills to outline and plan our salamander design.

4-7

Lesson 2 - Applying design ideas and selecting final design. 7-9

Lesson 3 – assembling 3D Gaudi tower following YouTube tutorial and mapping out designs.

9-11

Lesson 4 – adding final decoration to Gaudi sculpture and evaluation of project.

11-13

vocabulary table 2-3

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Key vocabulary and concepts

Architecture The art or practice of designing and

constructing buildings.

Mosaic

A picture or pattern produced by

arranging together small pieces of stone,

tile, glass, etc.

Ceramic

Ceramics are hard objects that people

make from materials such as clay. In

general they are strong, although they

may be brittle, or easily breakable for

example if you drop a ceramic mug on the

floor it is likely to smash.

Barcelona

The capital city of Spain, where most of

Gaudi’s work was created and displayed.

Design ideas

These are plans that you plan to carry

out within a final piece, in art we often

create many design ideas before

deciding on a favourite.

Sketching

Sketching is drawing lightly, making a

rough sketch refers to light pencil lines

mapping out your work.

Shading

Shading is adding darker areas to your

drawing using a pencil, this is done by

adding pressure to create a darker line.

Transparent

This means allowing light to pass through

so that objects behind can be distinctly

seen. For example watercolour paints are

transparent because they are used with

water.

Layers

Layering in art means to build up, for

example when painting you might add two

or three layers for a brighter outcome.

Gradient

A gradient is often seen in drawing, it is

where shading gradually gets either

lighter or darker. Highlights - shadows.

On the next page use look and cover to test your vocabulary knowledge

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Architecture

Mosaic

Ceramic

Barcelona

Design ideas

Sketching

Shading

Transparent

Layers

Gradient

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Lesson 1 - Designing task

Do Now

1. Antoni Gaudi did not like straight lines because

_______________________________________________________________

2. Antoni Gaudi’s art work is displayed in _________________

LO: Demonstrate your understanding of mosaics and how they are made, can you

create a drawings of mosaics in the style of Antoni Gaudi?

Quiz time. Check your knowledge!

Name the images of products and materials we have been using - state in the box what

we used them for.

Hint: You can find all of these in the Art classroom at OADV.

Key words:

Architect

Salamander

Barcelona

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Task one – as we have seen before, this is Antoni Gaudi’s salamander. Make a copy of

the image using pencil and shading.

Stretch and challenge– Add shading to your work so you have a light, mid and dark

side. Remember to use you pencil in the same direction. Use this gradient below to

ensure you’ve used a range of tones.

Antoni Gaudi’s salamander

Make a sketch of Gaudi’s salamander here.

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Task two: create two design ideas below of your own salamander mosaic design –

research the work of Gaudi to help you.

Stretch and challenge – add colour to both Salamanders with colouring pencils /

crayons. Remember to shade in one direction only

Salamander design one:

Salamander design two:

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Lesson one exit ticket – colour theory recap

Which two colours do we need to make green? ______________________________

Which two colours do we need to make orange? _____________________________

Which three colours do we need to make brown? ____________________________

Lesson 2 - Choosing a design idea and creating your final salamander

mosaic drawing. Do Now

1. Circle the correct answers Gaudi was known for his…

Architecture House Cool hair

2. Gaudi uses nature as a resource. What does this sentence mean? Explain below

in a full sentence.

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

3. Name Gaudi’s most famous piece of Architecture. Hint this piece remains

unfinished despite Gaudi devoting 40 years to it.

_________________________________________

LO: combine both of your previous design ideas and create a third and final mosaic

salamander.

Task one – Development task.

Development is adapting and changing you work to make improvements and overall

enhancing the design. You will need your two completed salamander design ideas from

last lesson with you.

On the next page you will need to sketch an outline of your own salamander – use the

examples below to help you. You then need to use design aspects from your previous

design ideas for one final outcome. You must add colour and shade in one direction only

(if you do not have access to colour then I expect exceptional pencil shading)

Stretch and challenge yourself - Develop your idea to be more detailed like the

work of Gaudi – add some small mark making on top of your mosaic design you

could do this using a darker coloured pencil such as dark blue or dark green

Key words:

Mosaic

Sagrada familia

Nature

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Here you will create your final developed salamander design.

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Lesson 2 exit ticket – recording your developments

What have you used from your first design idea in your final design idea?

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

What have you used from your second design idea in your final design idea?

_________________________________________________________________

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Lesson 3- This lesson is a continuation of your developments

Do Now - Use the word bank to complete the paragraph about Antoni Gaudi.

Antoni Gaudi was an ___________ from _________. He studied ___________ at

college and was kicked out for telling this _________ they were not ‘smart’ enough to

teach him. Gaudi was inspired by __________ he used lots of curved lines because of

this. Gaudi devoted ________ years to the Sagrada Familia which remains

_________.

WORD BANK: forty, Spain, architect, nature, unfinished, architecture, teachers

LO: I can showcase practical building and improvisation skills to create a strong

structured three dimensional Gaudi tower.

Task 1- recycling collecting

Before you begin your first task you will need to find or collect some recycling, paper

or cardboard. Toilet tube middles and cereal boxes are ideal and you will need 2-3

pieces of recycling to start with.

Task two – copy the link below into the internet and watch the YouTube clip to refresh

your memory on Gaudi and his style of work. Make three bullet points based information

discussed in the clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2WV71dgrTs

Key words:

Ceramic

Structure

Design

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Task three: This task will be submitted to me via email by Friday 1st of May!

Practical making task – you’re an architect!!

Based on the clip you have just watched I would like you to create your own mosaic

tower using toilet roll tubes, cardboard or any other recyclable materials around your

home. You could cut out windows, add doors and a roof and finally draw on your own

mosaics! Here are some images to help you, you could make one tower or a collection of

towers! You must create your tower and begin adding mosaic designs – use your

salamander designs to help you.

Stretch and challenge – add a minimum of two extra features to your 3D tower. You

could create a small flap and decorate this to be a door, window

or other decorations.

Assessed piece – you need to

take a clear photograph of

your jungle scene and email

the photograph with your

name and class to:

DON.ArtAndTechnology@oas

isdonvalley.org

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Lesson three exit ticket – complete the checklist below to realise changes that need

to be made next lesson.

Gaudi 3D tower checklist

My tower stand up by itself for 10 seconds or more

my tower has no areas without colour/ mosaic

my tower has a roof

my tower includes designs from my salamander

Lesson 4 - completion of 3D Gaudi tower and evaluation of work

Do now - Complete the following:

My designs so far are inspired by Gaudi because, state at least two reasons.

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

LO: Demonstrate good practical persistence to create a strong free standing 3D tower

in the style of Antoni Gaudi. Be able to discuss your learning and development through a

lesson evaluation.

Task one: you will now you should spend 30 minutes working on completing your 3D

Gaudi tower – you must use the checklist from last lesson to ensure you have met the

success criteria!

Task two: complete the evaluation questions on the next page. Use full sentences and

include as many of the key words as you can.

Key words:

Mosaic

Decorative

Evaluation

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Task four: use the box below to make a simple labelled sketch of your 3D Gaudi tower

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Lesson four exit ticket – complete the word search below. Hint there is no word bank

but there are a total of ten words to find.