Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Mayes and I am so pleased you have chosen to learn with me today.

We are going to have a really exciting lesson.

I am here to support you for any challenges that you might encounter.

We are gonna have a really great time.

Let's get started.

Let's have a look at today's learning outcome.

Today's outcome is, I can use a range of drawing tools in different ways to make marks.

That sounds really fun, doesn't it? I can't wait to do this lesson with you.

Let's now have a look at some of the keywords we will need for today's lesson.

I'm going to say the word and I would like you to say them after me.

I know you are going to do really well.

I'm going to start.

Drawing tool.

Very good.

Mark-making.

Excellent.

And media.

That was great.

Well done.

Now let's have a look at the meanings of those words.

A drawing tool is any tool you can use to make marks with.

Mark-making are the lines, dots, scratches, and drawings created by drawing tools.

And media are the materials used to create artwork.

Here is our first learning cycle.

We are going to be using our bodies to make marks.

You might have even done that before.

Which parts of your body do you use when you draw? Perhaps you said your hands to that question, but there are some other things we use to draw too.

When he draws, Lucas can use his whole body to make marks, not just his hands.

Let's have a look at what that means.

You can move your shoulders to draw really big marks by moving your arm in a wide way.

You can move your elbows to draw across a page.

Just like this.

Now it's your turn to answer a question.

True or false? When drawing artists only move their hands.

I'm going to pause here to give you time to really think hard about that question on what we've just learned.

Well done.

That was some great hard thinking.

Let's have a look at the answer.

It was false.

Here is why.

Artists can use lots of different movements to create marks.

Remember, we can move our hands, we can move our shoulders, and we can move from our elbows when we move across a page.

I'm now going to practise moving my shoulder as if I am making big marks.

That's what that looks like.

I'm going to put my other hand on my shoulder so I can feel the movement.

Just like this.

I'm being really careful.

I don't stand too close to anybody 'cause I wouldn't want to hurt them accidentally.

Now, it's your turn to have a go.

You are going to practise moving your shoulder as if you are making big marks.

Just remember, don't stand too close to anybody when you are practising.

How did you get on? Let's have a look at what that might look like.

Practising using your shoulder to make big marks will help you to create smooth and wide lines.

Look how far your hand can reach now.

Brilliant job, well done.

You can also use your wrist and hands to draw smaller, more controlled marks.

Just like the ones you can see here.

I'm now going to use a pencil and practise moving my hand to make small, controlled marks.

Let's have a look at what that looks like.

So here I'm holding my pen with my pencil grip and I'm moving just my wrist.

Now, it's your turn to have a go.

You are going to use a pencil and practise moving your hands to make small, controlled marks.

Practising moving your wrist and fingers can help you to make smaller and more controlled marks.

You might have moved your wrist like this.

Alex is thinking about mark-making using his body in different ways.

How do you think he made these marks? Alex says, "If I hop up and down holding a pen and paper, my marks look like this." Just imagine for a second in your head what that might look like and how it might be when Alex jumps up and down.

Alex has another idea for mark-making.

"If I pinch my pen at the wrong end and drag it across the page, my marks look like this." Ooh, those marks look interesting and can you see how wobbly they are as they move across the page? Alex has another idea.

How do you think he made these marks? He says, "If I use a felt tip pen and drag it across the page, my marks look like this." Those lines are still wobbling, aren't they? Here's Alex having a go.

Can you see, he's just gripping the pen at the very end rather than holding it in his normal pencil grip.

This means that the lines have less control over them than when he uses his pencil grip.

Here is your first task of today's lesson.

You are going to make marks by moving more than just your hands.

That sounds like it could be really fun and experimental, doesn't it? You could try, dragging a drawing tool across the paper, moving your elbow and your shoulder.

You could make sudden turns, keeping your pen in contact with the paper.

Just like Alex, when he was jumping up and down.

You could try using post-it notes and a pen to hop, jump, crawl, or walk whilst creating your mark-making.

You can pause the video here to give yourself time to complete that task.

I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Let's have a look now at what you might have done.

You were making marks by moving more than just your hands.

You might have tried, dragging an ink pen across the paper, may be holding it by the wrong end, like we watched in the video.

You might have tried using post-it notes and a pen to hop, jump, crawl, or walk while creating your marks.

You might have tried making sudden turns while holding your pen, keeping it in contact with the paper.

Here is the same image a little bigger.

Which marks do you think are most interesting? Now it is time for our second learning cycle.

In this learning cycle, we are going to try mark-making with drawing tools and media.

Some drawing tools you might already know.

Here are some that you might have come across before.

Pencils, crayons, felt-tips, and colouring pencils.

Perhaps you can even see some from where you are now.

Some of these drawing tools might be new to you.

Let's have a look.

Tape, string, a feather, and a toy car.

Can you think of a way to use these drawing tools to make marks? Now, it's your turn to answer a question.

Which of these can be used as drawing tools? Is it A, a pencil.

B, a cup.

Or C, a feather.

I'm going to pause here to give you time to think really carefully about your answer.

Well done.

That was some great thinking.

Let's have a look.

It was in fact A, B, and C.

All of those things can be used to make marks.

A pencil can be used to draw with.

A cup can be dipped in paint to make circles.

And a feather can be used to spread ink in a couple of different ways.

Artists also use media to create their artwork.

This means the materials they use to make marks such as, oil pastels and ink.

Perhaps you've used some of those media to create artwork before.

Your turn now for another question.

Drawing tools are used for? Is it A, mark-making.

Is it B, mark-shaking.

Or is it C, mark-taking.

I'm going to pause here to give you time to think carefully about your answer.

Or you might wish to pause the video.

Let's have a look at how you answered.

It was A, mark-making.

An artist can use lots of different drawing tools and media to mark-make.

Drawing tools and media can be used in lots of different ways by an artist to mark-make.

As long as the tool and the media leave a mark behind, they can be used for mark-making.

Some examples of mark-making look like this.

Here, the artist has used ink and tape.

Here, the artist has used water and ink.

Here, the artist has used paint with a drawing tool.

And here, the artist has used a spring to make marks.

Here's another question to check your understanding.

Mark-making can be done using.

Is it A, only pencils.

Is it B, anything that leaves a mark.

Or is it C, absolutely anything.

Give yourself a moment to think really carefully about your answer.

I'm going to pause here or you can pause the video to give you time to think.

Well done.

Some really careful thought going into that question.

Let's have a look at the answer.

It was B, anything that leaves a mark.

An artist can use lots of different drawing tools and media to mark-make.

Drawing can be used for mark-making in lots of different ways.

Artists such as Odilia Fu use drawing tools for mark-making.

Odilia Fu's painting "Circle Ink Abstraction 1" created in 2015.

And "Zen Ink Brushstrokes Abstraction" created in 2023, show examples of mark-making.

Now it is your turn for your final task of today's lesson.

You are going to choose a range of drawing tools and media to make marks.

Let's have a look at what you might use.

You might choose drawing tools and media that you have used before.

That might be oil pastels, a pencil, ink, or crayons.

You might choose drawing tools and media that you have not used before.

Let's have a look at what that might look like.

It might be a paper cup, a toy car, a feather, some tape, some string, or sticks.

I think you're going to create some really interesting marks with those different materials.

I can't wait to see what you do.

You might try, creating a drawing without taking your pencil away from the page.

Making a drawing using string dipped in ink.

You might try drawing an object from memory or cover your hand while you draw.

You might want to try, having a go at drawing with different types of string.

Thicker string might create more texture while thinner string will allow for more delicate lines.

You could use varying amounts of pressure, so that is how hard or how softly we use our drawing tool and that might work well to see what happens with feathers to create different thicknesses of lines.

You could also experiment with layering ink over areas of the string or feathers and letting some parts dry before adding more layers.

You could even try tearing pieces of tape into smaller bits to create smaller, more intricate shapes over some of the other lines that you have drawn.

I can't wait to see all of those different experiments that you create.

You can pause the video here to give yourself time to complete that task.

Well done.

That was some really good thinking and some great experiments that you tried with your mark-making.

Let's have a look at what that may have looked like.

You chose a range of drawing tools and media to make marks.

You might have created a drawing that looked a little bit like this.

You might have dragged a pencil or pen over the paper.

You might have created a drawing without taking your pencil away from the page.

You might have made a drawing using string or tape.

Can you see any other media within that image? In this artwork, the artist has also used some oil pastel, and some pencil, as well as ink to create their artwork.

There are lots of different experiments going on.

I think they may have even done some jumping with their drawing tools too.

Thinking back to how they used their media for Task A.

Well done on all your wonderful experiments with mark-making for that task.

Let's have a look at what we have learned today.

We have learned that we can make marks using movements with our whole body and not just our hands.

We know that different drawing tools and media are used by artists to make marks.

This is called mark-making.

We know that we can explore using media with different drawing tools in unusual ways to create lots of different interesting marks.

Well done on all your hard work in today's lesson.

Those experiments were just fabulous.

I hope you join me again soon.

Bye.