At the end of this  unit of exploring how to draw more accurately the human form and how to consider line, shape and proportion the students had to create something using the skills and techniques they had learnt. It is a good way to see how the children have understood the lessons if they can use them to create something Read full article »

Having investigated the proportions of the body and how the body moved, grade 4 wanted to move on to look at the face in more detail. Many of them reflected that this was an area they needed to improve on. What is difficult about drawing the face is that the lines are not always clear and we tend to imagine Read full article »

Now that we are thinking more carefully about proportion we also need to think about shapes. The students looked more carefully at how the shapes of the body go together by using a drawing figure, which they had to construct and recreate. They then posed as models for each other so that they could practice getting the basic shapes of Read full article »

    How big is the giant who left  this footrprint? If the giant was the same proportion as a human only much, much bigger,  how could we use what we know about our own body to work out how big the giant is? This is a question grade 4 had to work out as a way to help them understand proportion. Read full article »