Subject: Art and design
Drawing: Marvellous marks
Exploring mark making through different drawing materials. Beginning to draw from observation using faces and self-portraits as a stimulus.
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Lesson 1: Mark making with wax crayons
Lesson 2: Mark making with felt tips
Lesson 3: Mark making with chalk
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Lesson 4: Observational pencil drawings
Lesson 5: Drawing faces
Lesson 6: Drawing faces in colour
Key skills
- Talk about their ideas and explore different ways to record them using a range of media.
- Experiment in an exploratory way.
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Key knowledge
- Shape: The names of simple shapes in art.
- Line: Lines can be curved or straight and described in simple terms such as: wiggly,’ ‘straight,’ ‘round’.
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Key vocabulary
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Wax Crayons ×30
- Felt tip pens ×30
- Chalk ×30
- Art pencils (HB or 2B) ×30
- Items to draw (such as a vase with flowers or a plant) ×8
- Mirrors ×30
- Black and white photographs of each child ×30
- Colouring pencils ×30
The equipment below is optional
- Large paper or card (if you choose shared drawing)
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ARCHIVED Year 5: Painting and mixed media: Portraits
Investigating self-portraits by a range of artists, pupils use photographs of themselves as a starting point for developing their own unique self-portraits in mixed media.
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Outline a portrait drawing with words, varying the size, shape and placement of words to create interest.
- Try a variety of materials and compositions for the backgrounds of their drawings.
- Communicate to their partner what kind of photo portrait they want.
- Show that they are making decisions about the position of a drawing on their background, trying multiple ideas.
- Create a successful print.
- Use some Art vocabulary to talk about and compare portraits.
- Identify key facts using a website as a reference.
- Explain their opinion of an artwork.
- Experiment with materials and techniques when adapting their photo portraits.
- Create a self-portrait that aims to represent something about them.
- Show they have considered the effect created by their choice of materials and composition in their final piece.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Poem portrait
Lesson 2: Developing drawings
Lesson 3: Self-portraits
Lesson 4: Changing faces
Lesson 5: Mixed-media portraits
Key skills
- Develop ideas more independently from their own research. Explore and record their plans, ideas and evaluations to develop their ideas towards an outcome.
- Confidently use sketchbooks for purposes including recording observations and research, testing materials and working towards an outcome more independently.
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Key knowledge
- Colour: Artists use colour to create an atmosphere or to represent feelings in an artwork, for example by using warm or cool colours.
- Line: Lines and marks can be expressive and show movement or emotion.
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Key vocabulary
art medium
atmosphere
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Unit resources
Art and design
Knowledge organiser: Art & design – Y5 Painting and mixed-media
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit. "Painting and mixed media: Portraits".
Art and design
Vocabulary display: Portraits
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Portraits unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Handwriting and presentation
Computing
