Drawing: Marvellous marks

Exploring mark making through different drawing materials. Beginning to draw from observation using faces and self-portraits as a stimulus.

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Lesson 1: Mark making with wax crayons

Lesson 2: Mark making with felt tips

Lesson 3: Mark making with chalk

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Lesson 4: Observational pencil drawings

To explore mark making using pencils

Lesson 5: Drawing faces

Lesson 6: Drawing faces in colour

Key skills

  • Talk about their ideas
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Key knowledge

  • Shape: The names of
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