Chapter 2 of Class 5 Arts Bansuri, Peeping Out of the Window, begins on a rainy day when students look out of their classroom window at rain-washed creepers and climbers. Through four hands-on activities, students sculpt plants in clay low relief, build a colour wheel, compose framed outdoor views, and paint the changing colours of times of day and seasons.
What Class 5 Art Chapter 2 Covers
Creepers and Climbers in Low Relief (Activity 2.1) — Observes how delicate creepers and climbers cling with tendrils and rise toward light, then models leaves, stems, flowers, and textures on a flat clay slab using low-relief (bas-relief) techniques.
Magic with Colours — The Colour Wheel (Activity 2.2) — Explores primary colours (red, yellow, blue), mixes them to obtain secondary colours (orange, green, violet), and arranges warm and cool tones on a colour wheel.
Composing an Outdoor Scene Through a Window Frame (Activity 2.3) — Uses a window frame as a viewfinder to crop and compose foreground, middle ground, and background elements of an outdoor landscape.
Colours of Time and Seasons (Activity 2.4) — Paints the same outdoor view in different palettes to show how morning, noon, sunset, night, monsoon, autumn, and spring transform mood and colour.
Exercises in Chapter 2
- Activities 2.1 & 2.2 — Clay Relief & Colour Wheel: Make a clay low-relief tile of a climber plant using coils, leaves, and incised textures, and paint a 6-part colour wheel by mixing primary paints.
- Activities 2.3 & 2.4 — Window Composition & Seasonal Palette: Sketch what you see looking out of a window at home or school, then paint the scene in two different times of day or seasons.
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FAQ
What is ‘low relief’ (Activity 2.1) in Visual Arts?
Low relief (or bas-relief) is a sculptural technique where shapes like stems, leaves, and flowers project slightly above a flat background slab of clay rather than standing completely free in the round.
How do you make secondary colours in Activity 2.2 ‘Magic with Colours’?
By mixing two primary colours in equal parts: Red + Yellow = Orange, Yellow + Blue = Green, and Blue + Red = Violet (Purple).