Year 1 - Art and design
Expressive mark-making
Mark-making: using drawing tools and techniques
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Unit Summary
In this unit puils will investigate, explore and use a range of materials and techniques to create drawings. They will make art expressively and spontaneously, exploring texture and pattern with a range of media before before creating drawing machines.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explore a range of different marks to tell a story and express emotions.
Key Notes
- Know that marks can tell a story or trace a journey
- Know that we can use our marks to explain a feeling or emotion
- Know how to recognise, identify and explore the possibilities of a range of drawing tools and drawing media
Vocabulary To Learn
- drawing: using tools and media to create marks on a surface
- artist: a person who makes artwork
- emotions: the feelings we have inside such as happy, excited, angry, sad or hungry
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Emotions can be shown through images but not through mark-making.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Know that marks can tell a story or trace a journey. Know that we can use our marks to explain a feeling or emotion.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'drawing'
using tools and media to create marks on a surface.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Emotions can be shown through images but not through mark-making. Correction: Remind children that different styles of marks can show the emotions of the artist, such as rounded lines showing that an artist might be feeling happy and calm. The artist does not need to create an image to express an emotion.
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