Drawing

In Year 3 children learn to:

• Experiment with a range of pencils  
• create close observation drawings  
• draw both the positive and negative shapes  
• create sketches as a preparation for painting  
• make accurate drawings of people – particularly faces  

Sketchbook demonstrates  positive and negative drawings, knowledge of drawing faces.

In Year 4 children learn to:

• Identify and draw the  effect of light on objects
• develop scale and proportion in drawings 
• make accurate drawings of whole people including proportion and placement  
• create computer generated drawings    

Sketchbook demonstrates the effect of light, knowledge of drawing figures.

In Year 5 children learn to: 

• create the effect of light on objects and people from different directions  
• interpret the texture of a surface  
• produce increasingly accurate drawings of people  
• understand the concept of perspective  

Sketchbook demonstrates  the concept of perspective.

In Year 6 children review:

• the effect of light on objects and people from different directions  
• interpret the texture of a surface   produce increasingly accurate drawings of people  
• understand the concept of perspective 

Sketchbook demonstrates increasing skill and knowledge of exploring different textures, use of shadows, drawing of faces/figures/concept of perspective.