Drawing with realism: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
Exploring tone, texture and proportion to create realistic drawings. Understanding how to create an effective composition and using the impasto technique to create textured effects.
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Unit 1: Drawing with realism: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
Unit outcomes
Learners who are secure will be able to:
- Create a three-dimensional effect by using contrasting tones to show light and dark.
- Combine lines and marks to represent different textures.
- Use lines and marks in different ways to represent dark and light areas (tone).
- Compare the sizes of different objects to draw them in proportion.
- Represent the size of one object relative to another.
- Consider where to place each element thinking carefully about the space.
- Show texture in the collage.
- Use the impasto technique to create textured effects.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 1: Drawing: Developing drawing skills
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: 3D pencil drawings
- To draw using tone to create a 3D effect.
Lesson 2: Texture and tone
- To explore how combining lines and mark making can show texture and tone in drawings.
Lesson 3: Understanding proportion
- To understand proportion by observing how it is used in artwork.
Lesson 4: Creating an effective composition
- To understand effective composition.
Lesson 5: Using texture, tone and proportion in drawing
Using texture, tone and proportion in a drawing.
Key skills
Experiencing:
- E.01 Encounter, sense,
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Key vocabulary
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Art and design
Vocabulary display – Art and design S4: Drawing with realism: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
A display version of the unit vocabulary.