Drawing: Growing artists

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Know the difference between organic and geometric shapes.
• Use simple shapes to form the basis of a detailed drawing.
• Use shading to demonstrate a sense of light and dark in their work.
• Shade with a reasonable degree of accuracy and skill.
• Blend tones smoothly and follow the four shading rules.
• Collect a varied range of textures using frottage.
• Use tools competently, being willing to experiment.
• Generate ideas mostly independently and make decisions to compose an interesting frottage image.
• Make considered cuts and tears to create their ideas.
• Understand how to apply tone, with some guidance about where to use it.
• Draw a framed selection of an image onto a large scale with some guidance.
• Try a range of drawing materials, beginning to demonstrate expressive marks by trying tools in an interesting way.