Drawing: Make my voice heard
This unit focuses on developing pupils' skills in using different art styles, exploring effects with tools, understanding and applying chiaroscuro, and creating symbolic and expressive drawings. It encourages children to form their own opinions about art, understand the impact of techniques, and convey messages through their artwork. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.
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Drawing: Make my voice heard
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Collect a good range of imagery, adding annotated notes and sketches.
- Make relevant comparisons between different styles of art.
- Use tools effectively to explore a range of effects.
- Respond to the meaning of a spirit animal through drawing.
- Generate symbols that reflect their likes and dislikes with little support.
- Create a tile that is full of pattern, symbols and colours that represents themselves.
- Discuss ideas to create light and dark through drawing techniques.
- Explain the term chiaroscuro.
- Apply chiaroscuro to create light and form through a tonal drawing.
- Understand the impact of using techniques for effect.
- Participate in a discussion that examines the similarities and differences between different styles of art.
- Form their own opinions about what art is, justifying their ideas.
- Identify a cause and decide what message they want to convey.
- Understand artist’s choices to convey a message.
- Review sketchbook and creative work to develop a drawn image.
- Review and revisit ideas to develop their work.
Suggested prior learning
Drawing: I need space
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Experimental mark making
- To explore expressive drawing techniques.
Lesson 2: Symbolic imagery
- To consider how symbolism in art can convey meaning.
Lesson 3: Chiaroscuro
- To apply understanding of the drawing technique chiaroscuro.
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Lesson 4: Street art – Christmas themed
- To evaluate the context, intention and value of street art.
Lesson 5: Powerful imagery
- To apply an understanding of impact and effect to create a powerful image.
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Unit resources
Art and design
Knowledge organiser: Art & design – Drawing: Making my voice heard
A visual summary document, capturing the key learning from the Year 6 Drawing unit.
Art and design
Vocabulary display: Make my voice heard
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Make my voice heard unit.
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