Unit 1: Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making
This unit helps learners develop drawing skills by exploring different ways to use lines, marks and shading. They will experiment with how lines can show movement and emotion, learn how to create depth through mark making and plan and develop ideas through printmaking. Learners will build their understanding of composition and print techniques while making creative choices in their artwork.
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Unit 1: Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making
Unit outcomes
Learners who are secure will be able to:
- Use various types of lines to emphasise emotion or draw attention.
- Describe how artists have shown emotion.
- Use colour and line to convey emotion or movement in their sketches.
- Design a print, considering the composition carefully.
- Use a combination of marks to create tone and depth.
- Describe how artists use tone to show depth in their artwork.
- Create an effective printing plate.
- Reflect and improve their visual journal experiments and final work.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 1: Drawing with realism: Exploring tone, texture and proportion
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Expressing movement
- To use lines to show movement.
Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line
- To understand how lines and marks can communicate emotion.
Lesson 3: Showing depth through mark making
- To explore how artists use mark-making and shading to create depth.
Lesson 4: Composition for printing
- To plan a print.
Lesson 5: Printing
- To develop ideas through printmaking.
Key skills
Experiencing:
- E.01 Encounter, sense,
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Key knowledge
Formal elements:
- Shape: Shapes can
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Key vocabulary
background
depth
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Unit resources


Vocabulary display — Art and design S5: Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making
A display version of the unit vocabulary.