Year 4 - Art and design
Make a portrait of a sleeping person
Dream portraits: drawing and digital design
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Unit Summary
This unit explores how dreams have inspired artists, especially the Surrealists. Pupils will illustrate a piece of dream text, then learn how to draw and shade a sleeping portrait, before transforming it into a digital design.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explore a range of drawing materials and line styles to create an outline.
Key Notes
- Lines can be created with a variety of drawing materials used in different ways.
- Geometric and organic shapes are helpful to use when planning a drawing.
- An outline can be created using a variety of line styles, in a variety of materials.
Vocabulary To Learn
- line: a mark made by a moving point, such as a pencil or brush
- geometric shapes: shapes that have uniform measurements and do not appear in nature
- organic shapes: shapes that do not have straight lines and are found in nature
- outline: an outline gives us a more precise shape of the object or person we are drawing
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- It is easier to sketch an outline without first using shapes.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Lines can be created with a variety of drawing materials used in different ways. Geometric and organic shapes are helpful to use when planning a drawing.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'line'
a mark made by a moving point, such as a pencil or brush.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: It is easier to sketch an outline without first using shapes. Correction: Remind children that if we use shapes to plan our drawing, it becomes much easier to achive the correct position and proportions with our outline.
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