Drawing: Make your mark
This unit helps pupils to understand and use different line types and mark-making techniques in drawing; enhancing children's ability to describe lines, control drawing materials like pencils and chalk, and experiment with various media, while responding to music. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.
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Drawing: Make your mark
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Show knowledge of the language and literacy to describe lines.
- Show control when using string and chalk to draw lines.
- Experiment with a range of mark-making techniques, responding appropriately to music.
- Colour neatly and carefully, featuring a range of different media and colours.
- Apply a range of marks successfully to a drawing.
- Produce a drawing that displays observational skill, experimenting with a range of lines and mark making.
Suggested prior learning
Drawing: Marvellous marks
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Exploring line
- To know how to create different types of lines.
Lesson 2: Making waves
- To explore line and mark making to draw water.
- To apply features of abstract art.
Lesson 4: Mark making
- To develop an understanding of mark making.
Lesson 5: Drawing from observation
- To apply an understanding of drawing materials and mark making to draw from observation.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
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Knowledge organiser: Art & design: Y1 – Drawing
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.
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Vocabulary display – Art and design Y1: Make your mark
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Make your mark'.
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