Visual Arts Planning: Experimental Drawing

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Home Made Tools and Ink by Andrea Butler

Nests: Materials, Tools Testing and Sketchbooks

Pupils use inventive and exploratory ways of making marks using a range of drawing tools and ink.

Nests: Observational Ink Drawing

Build upon mark-making work using ink to observe and draw a series of natural objects.

Nests: With Dry and Wet Media

Refine nest drawings using pencils, oil pastels and ink.

Drawing With Your Feet

Use your fowing tool and create unique marks that bring a static object to life.

Drawing with Sticks

Draw using a stick to give life to the marks.

Deconstructing to Help You See

Practise close looking, and explore mark-making, whilst being freed of the pressure to make a representational drawing.

Movement Maps

Translate movement and memories into lines, marks and patterns.

drawing spiral snails

Explore different qualities of line and mark-making to create their own designs based on the spiral.

Drawing Stories

Children take inspiration from literature.

Making Magic Spells

Draw spell ‘ingredients’ using a variety of media and then through further collaborative drawing.

Drawing Game: A Visual Conversation

Drawing warm up exercise for primary school children

Break pre-conceived ideas about ‘what is drawing?’ or ‘why draw?’

Dragon and Birds in Eggs

Creating collaged drawings using carbon paper

Explore diverse mark-making to create collaged drawings of eggs and the imagine what might be hatching in the egg.

AccessArt Drawing Prompt Cards

Support drawing and overcome the ‘white page’ and ‘fear of drawing’.

Drawing Large

Make drawings which are looser, using the whole arm, the elbow and the wrist.

Drawing Small

A challenge to draw a collection of tiny objects.

Drawing Music

A trio of musical activities that combine an exploration of drawing and music.

Never Ending Landscapes

Based on the notion of Myriorama cards children take inspiration from observational drawing and then let their drawings evolve into something more personal and expressive.

Our River: A Communal Drawing

Painting a river inspired by Georges Seurat

Create a layered drawing and ‘wax resist’ on a massive scale and imagine the sounds and feel of a river.

Turning Paper into Fur

Drawing fur using experimental techniques

Experiment with a range of media and materials.

Making Superhero Drawings

An exciting resource using life drawings to create cartoon characters.

Walking and Drawing

Make drawings whilst walking. A way of drawing that captures sensory and visual experiences.

Experimental Mark Making Tools

Invent your own mark-making tools to bring together making and drawing.

Expressive Charcoal Collage: Coal Mines

Make expressive marks using charcoal, in order to create a collage of a coal mine scene.

Analogue Drawing

Use mark-making to describe emotions.

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