Lesson 1: Expressing movement
Exploring how expressive and gestural lines can capture a sense of movement.
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Learning objective
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Before starting this unit, you might want to check that the children can recall:
The four rules of shading (use the side of the pencil, shade in one direction, press evenly, leave no gaps).
Combining lines and mark making can show texture and tone in drawings.
Proportion affects the balance and realism of an artwork.
An effective composition is how things are arranged or organised in an artwork.
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