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Sketching near and far objects
This Art and design video supports teachers in exploring how artists create the illusion of depth in two-dimensional drawings. The lesson introduces the concepts of foreground, middle ground and background, helping learners understand how size, detail, colour and placement can suggest distance and space. It also addresses common misconceptions and provides strategies for guiding learners to make more cohesive and realistic compositions.
This video is part of Kapow’s Art and design resources, which support the Cambridge Primary Art & Design Curriculum Framework (0067). As part of the Drawing: Expressive drawing and mark making unit, this lesson builds learners’ ability to use line and mark making purposefully to suggest form, space and perspective.
