Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Know the difference between organic and geometric shapes.
- Use simple shapes to form the basis of a detailed drawing.
- Use shading to demonstrate a sense of light and dark in their work.
- Shade with a reasonable degree of accuracy and skill.
- Blend tones smoothly and follow the four shading rules.
- Collect a varied range of textures using frottage.
- Use tools competently, being willing to experiment.
- Generate ideas mostly independently and make decisions to compose an interesting frottage image.
- Make considered cuts and tears to create their ideas.
- Understand how to apply tone, with some guidance about where to use it.
- Draw a framed selection of an image onto a large scale with some guidance.
- Try a range of drawing materials, beginning to demonstrate expressive marks by trying tools in an interesting way.
Suggested prior learning
Drawing: Tell a story
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: See like an artist
Lesson 2: Shading
Lesson 3: Texture pictures
Lesson 4: Botanical drawing
Lesson 5: Abstract flowers
Key skills
Generating ideas:
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Key knowledge
Formal elements:
- Form:
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Key vocabulary
abstract
arrangement
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Unit resources
Assessment – Art and design Y3: Drawing: Growing artists
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
A visual summary document to support
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Unit vocabulary
Subject resources
Art and design: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Art
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National curriculum mapping
This document maps the National curriculum
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Assessment
A spreadsheet for recording teacher assessments
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Unit vocabulary
This document lists the new vocabulary
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Equipment list
A checklist of art equipment required
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Art and design – List of artists
This document lists the artists studied
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics: Geometry – properties of shapes
Science: Light, Plants