Mark Making & Sound: Part Three
By Paula Briggs
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Mark making underpins all drawing activity.
In Part Three of Mark Making and Sound we explore how we can use the rhythm and personality of a piece of music to give our observational drawings a sense of flow and playfulness.
Notes for teachers
Please use this exercise in context of the other Mark Making and Sound exercises here. The text explanations on the other resources in this series apply to this resource too.
In this exercise we will use the rhythms and melodies within a piece of music to help learners create a sense of flow and momentum in their drawing, both in terms of the process and the end result.
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This exercise can be used as a transitional exercise between activities or to precede other drawing activities. It’s an ideal exercise to do as a guided activity, i.e. with the teacher using verbal prompts and sounds to help the children.
Note to Teachers:
Please do try this exercise yourself a few times so you know how it feels to actually do the exercise before you run through it with pupils.
Watch the video above as a class so that the children can begin to appreciate some of the different ways that they can use their drawing tool, inspired by the sound.
You can then either use just the audio from the video so the children can create their own marks (it is important that they don’t feel the need to replicate the marks in the video), or you might choose your own music.
Older children may also enjoy choosing or composing their own music to inspire drawing. There is also lots of potential for teachers to choose music which feels appropriate to the subject matter to be explored, for example, drawing a rainstorm whilst listening to music composed around that theme.
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