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Drawing flowers: shape and line

I can observe the lines and shapes within flowers

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Drawing flowers: shape and line

I can observe the lines and shapes within flowers

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. We can observe real objects carefully and make line drawings to record what we see.
  2. Artists might not create drawings that look exactly like the real objects they are observing.
  3. We can observe the different shapes of a flower and record those shapes through drawing using paper.

Keywords

  • Observe - to look at something carefully and notice details about it

  • Line - a mark made by a moving point, such as a pencil or brush

  • Shape - the form of something made by a line around the edge

Common misconception

Drawings always have to look exactly like the object the artist is observing.

Drawing exercises focus more on artists using their eyes to carefully observe lines and shapes, rather than trying to create a drawing that looks exactly like the object.


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The drawing excercises within this lesson should be explorative and expressive. Allow pupils choice over materials and paper. Pupils could work on loose sheets of different colours, or large sheets of backing paper spread over tables.
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Equipment

A range of drawing materials such as pens and crayons, flowers to observe, sheets of paper in different colours, backing paper.

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Lesson video

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4 Questions

Q1.
True or False? You can use an eraser to fix mistakes when drawing with a pencil.
Correct answer: True
False
Q2.
Which of these images is a 2-D shape?
Pen
Correct answer: Triangle
Bottle
Paintbrush
Q3.
Which tools can you draw with?
Ruler
Correct answer: Pencil
Correct answer: Pen
Rubber
Q4.
Put the shapes in order from the least to the most sides.
1 - circle
2 - triangle
3 - square

4 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is a straight line?
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q2.
Which of these words means to look closely at something?
Draw
Correct answer: Observe
Shape
Line
Q3.
Which tool can you use to draw the lines and shapes you see in a flower?
Correct Answer: pencil, pen, charcoal, colouring pencil, crayon
Q4.
Match the drawing tool to how you use it.
Correct Answer:pencil,Writing and drawing with light marks
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Writing and drawing with light marks

Correct Answer:crayon,Drawing on paper with colour
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Drawing on paper with colour

Correct Answer:marker,Drawing in pen with bold, strong lines
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Drawing in pen with bold, strong lines