Author: Amanda McGarrigle

Art—Term 6
Printing

Background Information
John Banting is our focus artist.

In this unit the children will…
Look at the artist John Banting and his style of art—explore how he has created some of his paintings with printing. Think about the natural world around us and how we can use it to create our own pictures.
Create a simple picture using leaves to print—linking to the Beegu story.
Draw an observational drawing of a musical instrument—they will then use this to create a printing block.
Design a print block that can be used to create their own picture—think about the resources they could use: string, glue, stones. Considering the image that the print block will create.
Use their print block to create a painting using printing.

By the end of this unit….
All children can:
Begin to understand who John Banting is and his style of art.
To be able to use natural resources to create a simple printing.
Begin to design a block printing block.
make a printing block based on a design.
use the printing block to create a painting.
Create patterns with their printing block.
Most children will:
Adjust designs and ideas to achieve the effect that they want—modify their ideas.
Some children will:

Cross curricular activities:
Beegu—POR text— links to the patterns that Beegu sees at the beginning of the story—using leaves to create their own printing pictures.

Key Vocabulary
Scrape shape print copy draw line curve materials join stretch fix