*Updated* Drawing: Depth, emotion and movement
Exploring mark making for showing depth, emotion and movement.
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*Updated* Drawing: Depth, emotion and movement
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, increased opportunities for skill reinforcement, broader exposure to diverse artists and new educational videos for teachers and pupils.
This updated unit introduces these exciting new elements while retaining selected aspects of the archived unit Drawing: I need space, 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:
- Use various types of lines to emphasise emotion or draw attention.
- Describe how artists have shown emotion.
- 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
*Updated* Drawing: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Expressing movement
- To apply an understanding of expressive and gestural lines to capture movement.
Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line
- To understand how lines and marks can communicate emotion.
Lesson 3: Showing depth through mark making
- To understand how artists use mark making and shading to create depth.
Lesson 4: Composition for printing
- To apply an understanding of composition to plan a print.
Lesson 5: Printing
- To develop drawn ideas through printmaking.
Optional: Every picture tells a story
- To explore how portraits can show expression and emotion and affect how we see the artwork.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
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.
Cross-curricular opportunities
- English: Spoken language.
- RSE: Mental wellbeing.
- British values: Mutual respect.