Introducing updates to our drawing units
Kapow Primary is thrilled to announce updates to the drawing curriculum for Years 1–6. The enhancements include a clearer and more structured progression of knowledge and skills, broader exposure to diverse artists and new educational videos for both teachers and pupils.
This updated unit introduces these exciting new elements while retaining selected aspects of the archived unit Drawing: Power prints, which will remain in the archive area. It will remain permanently available but will not be updated in line with curriculum or website developments.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Create a three-dimensional effect by using contrasting tones to show light and dark.
- Combine lines and marks to represent different textures.
- Use lines and marks in different ways to represent dark and light areas (tone).
- Comparing the sizes of different objects to draw them in proportion.
- Represent the size of one object relative to another.
- Consider where to place each element thinking carefully about the space.
- Show texture in the collage.
- Use the impasto technique to create textured effects.
Suggested prior learning
*Updated* Drawing: Developing drawing skills
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Lessons
Lesson 1: 3D pencil drawings
Lesson 2: Texture and tone
Lesson 3: Understanding proportion
Lesson 4: Creating an effective composition
Lesson 5: Using texture, tone and proportion in drawing
Optional: Every picture tells a story
Key skills
Generating ideas:
- Generate
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Key knowledge
Formal elements:
- Form:
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Key vocabulary
collage
composition
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Unit resources
Vocabulary display – Art and design Y4: Drawing with realism: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Drawing with realism'.
Knowledge organiser: Drawing with realism: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Drawing with realism: Exploring tone,…
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics: Geometry – properties of shapes.
Science: Light.