In Art - Our enquiry question will be 'How can we use our whole bodies to make drawings?

Area(s) of making: Drawing and sketchbooks, collage.

Formal Elements: Line, colour, shape, texture

Pathway: Spirals

Our key knowledge is:

• Drawing is a physical and emotional activity. That when we draw, we can move our whole body.
• That we can control the lines we make by being aware of how we hold a drawing tool, how much pressure we apply, and how fast or slow we move.
• That we can control the lines we make by being aware of how we hold a drawing tool, how much pressure we apply, and how fast or slow we move.
• That we can use colour to help our drawings engage others.
• That we can draw from imagination.
• That we understand what a sketchbook is.
• That we can use a sketchbook for personal creative exploration.
• That we can draw from observation.
• That we can experiment with mark making through exercises such as continuous line drawing.
• That we can create drawings in our sketchbooks.
• That we can talk respectfully about our own work and the work of others in a peer discussion.
• That we can display the work made over the half term.

Our key skills are:

•  Pupils become familiar with creating drawings using their whole body, whilst experiencing a range of drawing materials.
• Pupils discover an artist and will demonstrate their understanding of the artist’s work by responding through a making challenge and peer discussion.
• Pupils consolidate their understanding of how they can make spiral drawings using their whole bodies by making “snail drawings”.
• Pupils push exploration of different qualities of line, colour blending, and mark making using chalk and oil pastels.
• Pupils become familiar with what a sketchbook can be used for. They will make or personalise their own sketchbooks, demonstrating that they have ownership of their sketchbook and understand that it is a platform for personal creative risk taking.
• Pupils become familiar with the idea that they can make drawings through observation.
• Pupils show an understanding of what a continuous line drawing is and have had the opportunity to experiment with scale, line and materials.
• Pupils reflect on their drawings over the half term, sharing what they like and what they would like to try again through peer discussion.