Building drawing machines

Art and design

How artists make marks

Expressive mark-making

Mark-making with ink and water

Textured marks with charcoal

Mark-making and patterns

In this unit puils will investigate, explore and use a range of materials and  techniques to create drawings. They will make art expressively and spontaneously, create texture and surfaces with charcoal and create patterns with familiar shapes.

Mark-making: using drawing tools and techniques

Artists always use their hands to make marks.

Artists do not have to use their hands to make marks.

Artists can only use their hands to make marks.

Artists never use their hands to make marks.

Which of the following are drawing tools?

Which object has been used to make these marks with the ink?

when you make your something go from one place to another

anything you can see or touch, like a toy, a book, or a ball

Match these keywords to their definition.

A {{ }} is a tool, like a small frame, that helps you focus on and choose what part of a scene you want to look at.

Artists do not always have to use their hands to make marks.

What word do we use to describe all the materials an artist uses to make art?

Starter Quiz

A is a tool, like a small frame, that helps you focus on and choose what part of a scene you want to look at.