Mark Making

Contour Line Broken Line Dots and Lines Continuous Line

Curves Dots Diagonal Line Directional Line

Cross Hatching Scribble Waves Curved Line

Horizontal/Vertical

Looped Line Thick Line Dashes

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Your first activity is to experiment and test a variety of mark making using pencil.

Equipment you will need for this task:

• HB pencil

• Rubber

• Sharpener

• Ruler

• Worksheet

• Can do-attitude!

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What have you learnt today?

1. Line is a connection .

2. Name five different types of line you have used:

3. Where and when is line used when creating a piece of artwork?

4. What are contour lines?

5. What is expressive line?

6. How is 3-dimensional line used when drawing?

7. What do you think the next drawing task will be?

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

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