Learning objective
- To draw using tone to create a 3D effect.
Success criteria
- I can experiment with shading to create different
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National curriculum
Art and design
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, you might want to check that the children can recall: The term shading and the purpose of shading in art. (A drawing technique that uses different levels of darkness to make objects look three-dimensional.) How to hold a pencil for shading and that this is called the shading grip. The four…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
May benefit from a one-to-one demonstration of holding the pencil, especially with lighter tones; could arrange and draw a curved and shaped card strip rather than ribbon.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should be encouraged to describe how they create tones using the pencil differently; could be encouraged to create a more complex shape to draw; could develop some observational drawings using colour as well as pencil tone.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating several pencil tones when shading
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Vocabulary definitions
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contrast
When things look different from each other, such as putting light colours next to dark colours or big shapes next to small shapes to make them stand out.
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gradient
A gradient in art is when colours gradually change from light to dark or from one colour to another.
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Example work
Chapel End Junior Academy
Whitefield Community Primary School, Manchester
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 3rd January, 2024
