Year 5 Sculpture: make a mask worksheet

“Mask Mood Board Research” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 art unit “Sculpture: make a mask”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 9 to 14 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Mask Mood Board Research

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · Art & design · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain what a mood board is and gather ideas from masks around the world.

A Look back3 min

1.
Red, yellow and which other colour are the primary colours? Circle one.
bluegreenorange
2.
Which background colour would make a painted face look calm? Write it.
3.
A tone ladder goes from light at one end to which end? Circle one.
darkredshiny

B Watch me, then you4 min

A mood board is a page of pictures, colours and notes that collects ideas for a design. Mia finds a West African mask with bold black and white stripes for hers.

Watch me

The mask uses black and white.

Note: West African mask. Colours: black and white.

Why: the strong contrast catches my eye.

Now you

1.
Noah finds a mask with a blue and green pattern. Write one note: name the colours and say why they catch your eye.

C Your turn6 min

Each row shows a colour from a mask photo. Circle the colour to write in the mood board note.

1.
Ana pins a photo of a mask worn in a festival dance to her mood board. Its face is the colour in the swatch. Circle that colour for her note.
orangepurplepink
2.
Sam finds a painted wooden mask worn in a ceremony. Its paint is the colour in the swatch. Circle the colour he should write in his note.
greenpurplebrown
3.
Zara finds a theatre mask painted the colour in the swatch. Circle the colour to write in her mood board note.
purplegreenorange
4.
Write each card in the column it belongs to. Sorting helps you notice what makes a mask special.
squareclayblue
Shape Material Colour

Say it out loud: What changed from one row to the next, and what stayed the same?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A wooden workbench with pots of paint, brushes and a single feather

Jo says: “Every mask is worn to hide the face, so all masks are for disguise.”

1.
Is Jo right? Explain in one sentence.

E Think deeper4 min

Think about Mia's West African mask, or a mask you have seen. Which would you borrow an idea from, and why?

A folded patterned cloth beside a small clay pot on a table

1.
Write one note for a mask you would borrow from. Name its culture, one feature and why it appeals to you.

How did it feel?

Did your mood board help you notice what you like? Tell your grown-up one thing you noticed.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Mask Mood Board Research · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. blue If they circled green or orange, those are mixed colours. Ask them which two colours mix to make green.

2. Look for: Names a cool colour such as blue or grey for a calm face. If they name a hot colour such as red, ask which colour feels full of energy and which feels quiet and cool.

3. dark If they circled shiny, explain that tone means how light or dark a colour looks, not how it shines.

B

1. Look for: Names blue and green and gives a reason such as contrast, harmony, or how the colours make the child feel.

C

1. orange If your child circles pink or purple, point to the swatch again. A mood board note names the colours you can see.

2. purple If your child circles green or brown, point to the swatch again. Ask what colour Sam can see in the photo.

3. green If your child circles purple or orange, point to the swatch again. A good note records the colour exactly as it looks.

4. Shape: square · Colour: blue · Material: clay If clay is in the Colour column, ask them what the mask is made from. Clay describes material, not colour.

D

1. Look for: Says no and names another purpose for masks, such as ceremonies, performance or protection. If they said yes, ask them to name a mask used in a ceremony or a show. Then ask what that mask is for.

E

1. Look for: A note naming a culture or region, one design feature such as colour, pattern, shape or symbol, and a reason it appeals.

Words to use

Say“Which culture is this mask from, and what made you notice its colours or pattern?”

Instead of“Tell them which mask is the best one, so they copy it.”

After the sheet

Look through old magazines or cards for five pictures of masks, patterns or colours you like. Stick them on a sheet of paper and write one note by each: where it comes from and what catches your eye.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Design from sources(with a plan)
Card Joints That Hold(with a plan)
Shaping Your Mask Base(with a plan)
Building a Mask in Layers(with a plan)
Surface decoration and balance(with a plan)

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