Greek Pottery Designs (Part 4)

Practice pattern design in this art lesson: greek pottery designs (part 4).

🎨 Studio Brief #26

Ancient Greek pottery featured red and black figure designs depicting myths, daily life, and athletic competitions.

🎯 Your mission

Copy a master to learn their secret. Then make it yours.

⚡ The twist

Look first, draw second. Don't peek twice.

What you'll learn

Ancient Greek pottery featured red and black figure designs depicting myths, daily life, and athletic competitions. The two main styles are red-figure (red images on black) and black-figure (black images on red).

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Techniques you'll practise

pattern designfigure drawingcultural art

You will need

Drawing paperScissorsGlueColored pencils

Step 1 of 4

Cut a large vase shape from orange or terracotta-colored paper.

Step 2 of 4

Draw a band of Greek key patterns along the top and bottom borders.

Step 3 of 4

In the central area, draw a scene with figures: athletes, gods, or animals in the Greek style (profile faces, frontal shoulders).

Step 4 of 4

Paint the figures black (black-figure style) or paint the background black and leave figures orange (red-figure style).

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