This Art and design video explains how to introduce children to digital drawing using the Sketchpad web app. Learners transform their pencil sketches into digital artworks by experimenting with digital brushes, colours and textures. They learn how to adjust tools, add shapes and text and save their creations, combining traditional drawing skills with creative technology.

This Art and design video explains how to encourage children to use their imaginations to invent and draw their own imaginary plants. Inspired by poetry and guided observation, learners explore how line, shape and tone can express creative ideas.

 

This Art and design video helps children develop their observational drawing skills by encouraging them to slow down and look closely at real objects. Learners explore how to show texture using different types of marks, like jagged lines for rough surfaces or feathery strokes for soft textures.

This Art and design video explains how to encourage children to observe objects closely and add detail to their drawings. Learners practise drawing from observation using real objects, noticing fine details and representing different textures through the marks they make.

This Art and design video teaches children how to use shading techniques to show tone — the lightness or darkness of an area. Pupils practise the four rules of shading: use the side of the pencil, shade in one direction, press evenly, and leave no gaps. They explore how adjusting pressure can create smooth tonal transitions and bring depth to their drawings.

Art and design, Stage 3, Unit 1: Drawing: Developing drawing skills, Lesson 2: Shading

This Art and design video explains how to introduce children to shading techniques to show tone in their drawings. Learners explore how light and dark tones help to create form and depth in artwork.

This Art and design video explains how to teach children how to use tone to make drawings look three-dimensional. Learners explore shading techniques to create lighter and darker areas, helping to show depth, form and texture. They practise using pencils or other materials to make smooth tonal transitions and create realistic effects.

This Art and design video teaches learners how to see like an artist by identifying simple shapes within objects. Learners develop sketching skills by using light pencil lines and a shading grip to map out forms.

This Art and design video explains how to help children learn how to “see like an artist” by looking closely at real objects and identifying the shapes that make them. Learners practise sketching lightly using the side of a pencil to outline basic forms. They learn how observational drawing starts with noticing shapes, not details and how sketching helps plan artwork and refine ideas.