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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Use various types of lines to emphasise emotion or draw attention.
- Describe how artists have shown emotion.
- Describe how artists have created an effective composition using a focal point and balance.
- Use colour and line to convey emotion or movement in their sketch.
- Design a print, considering the composition carefully.
- Use a combination of marks to create tone and depth.
- Describe how artists use tone to show depth in their artwork.
- Create an effective printing plate.
- Reflect and improve their sketchbook experiments and final work.
Suggested prior learning
Drawing: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Expressing movement
Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line
Lesson 3: Showing depth through mark making
Lesson 4: Composition for printing
Lesson 5: Printing
Optional: Every picture tells a story
Key skills
Generating ideas:
- Developing ideas more
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Key knowledge
Making skills:
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Key vocabulary
background
composition
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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
- Art pencils (HB or 2B)
- Felt tip pens ×30
- Colouring pencils ×30
- A4 paper ×30
- Paintbrushes ×30
- Water pots
- Tracing paper ×30
- Printing plates (lino or polystyrene) ×30
- Lino cutting tools or blunt pencils ×30
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Acrylic paint or printing ink
×30 - Flat palettes ×30
- Rollers ×30
- Photographs of the children’s portrait or profile
The equipment below is optional
- Graphite sticks, fountain pens or ink and drawing tools ×30
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Textured paper brown paper, fabric
×15 -
Soft cut lino for additional safety
×30
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Unit resources
Vocabulary display: Drawing: Depth, emotion and movement
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making'.
Knowledge organiser: Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
- English: Spoken language.
- RSE: Mental wellbeing.
- British values: Mutual respect.
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Drawing: Expressing ideas
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