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Integrated skills (1) Watching and reading
In this lesson, you are going to:
identify examples with the help of related expressions;
learn about the use of unusual materials in art;
read some instructions for making unusual pictures.
Lead-in
oil paint
water colours
pencil
brush
1. What tools or materials will be used in art creation?
2. Have you ever seen some special pictures which used special materials to make?
Cassette [kəˈset] Tapes
Spilled Coffee
Identifying examples
The speaker often uses examples to help the audience understand the main idea better as well as to present the topic in a more interesting way. When you listen, pay attention to expressions that signal examples, e.g. for example, for instance, such as.
Tip
Before you watch
Lisa has found a TV programme about the use of unusual materials in art.
A1 Watch the TV programme and finish the exercises below.
1. What do many creative artists use to make their artworks?
2. What is Jane Perkins well known for?
3. What may an artist think of the things that we regard as rubbish?
4. What plays an important role in finding inspiration for your art from nature?
While you watch
1. What do many creative artists use to make their artworks?
Everyday objects.
2. What is Jane Perkins well known for?
Portraits of famous people.
3. What may an artist think of the things that we regard as rubbish?
A source of creativity.
4. What plays an important role in finding inspiration for your art from nature?
Imagination.
A2 Watch the TV programme again and complete the notes below.
Using unusual materials in art
Jane Perkins’s ideas
• Where she finds unusual art materials
In rubbish bins
(1) _________________________
At car boot sales
• Unusual art materials she has used
(2) _________________________
(3) _________________________
At recycling centres
Old buttons
Small toys
Using unusual materials in art
The speaker’s suggestions
• How to find inspiration for your art
(4) _______________ outside
• Easily found ar