Drawing: Exploring line and shape
This unit helps pupils to understand and use different line types and shapes 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.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Draw various lines using different pressures and control in response to music.
- Identify that some shapes are organic.
- Connect lines to create shapes.
- Use and recognise different types of lines when drawing shapes.
- Identify basic shapes in everyday objects and artwork.
- Talk about what they like or dislike in a piece of artwork.
- Use shapes to draw a face.
- Use different pressures to make a colour lighter or darker.
- Colour within the lines consistently.
- Use Paul Klee’s artwork as inspiration.
Suggested prior learning
Drawing: Marvellous marks
Get startedLessons
Assessment – Art and design Y1: Drawing
Lesson 1: Exploring line
Lesson 2: Musical lines
Lesson 3: Exploring shapes
Lesson 4: Shape in art
Lesson 5: Klee portraits
Key skills
Generating ideas:
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Key knowledge
Formal elements:
- Shape:
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Key vocabulary
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Unit resources
Vocabulary display: Exploring line and shape
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Subject resources
Curriculum planningLong-term plan
A suggested order for teaching the
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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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Key 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
Music
Mathematics: Geometry – properties of shapes