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

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Lesson 2: Mark making with felt tips

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Lesson 3: Mark making with chalk

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Lesson 4: Observational pencil drawings

To explore mark making using pencils
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Lesson 5: Drawing faces

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Lesson 6: Drawing faces in colour

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Key skills

  • Talk about their ideas
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Key knowledge

  • Shape: The names of
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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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  • Wax Crayons ×30
  • Felt tip pens ×30
  • Chalk ×30
  • Art pencils (HB or 2B)
  • Items to draw (such as a vase with flowers or a plant)
  • 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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