Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

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• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  A character silhouette should do some of the storytelling

  Establish a recognisable outline before adding interior details.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  A circle on paper can suggest a three-dimensional sphere

  Distinguish a flat outline from a depiction suggesting volume.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  A collage decision happens before the glue

  Select and arrange paper pieces to communicate an idea.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  A paper sculpture's folds can help it stand

  Explore three-dimensional arrangement with lightweight folded components.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  A poster needs contrast where the message matters

  Compare foreground and background choices against a communication purpose.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  A torn edge and a cut edge can suggest different things

  Compare edge effects as deliberate visual choices.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  An art revision needs a goal the maker recognises

  Change an image to address an identified intention.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  An artist statement belongs to the maker

  Let the maker explain intention and choices in their own way.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  An open drawing prompt should leave several routes open

  Offer a starting point that permits genuinely different outcomes.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Background details should support the main subject

  Select details that contribute to the image's purpose.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Change the scale and the ordinary object becomes a story

  Change relative size deliberately for storytelling.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Combine two ideas into an object with an imagined use

  Combine features to create a clearly fictional design.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Curate a small art display without making it a ranking

  Arrange works with consent and enough context for viewers.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Design a cover for the book you invented

  Communicate the invented book's premise to a prospective reader.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Draw texture with marks that respond to the reference

  Create marks that suggest a surface's appearance.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Emphasis can come from removing competition

  Make the main idea stand out through position, scale or contrast.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Feedback on a drawing can begin with a precise observation

  Describe visible choices and ask a useful question.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Fictional faces can invite more than one interpretation

  Explore visual storytelling without asking children to disclose feelings.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Invent a border from your own repeating unit

  Build a visual unit and repeat it intentionally.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Let a line suggest the kind of landscape you imagine

  Explore how different marks can suggest movement or mood.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Light and dark values with one pencil

  Compare light and dark marks without requiring colour differences.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Observational drawing starts with noticing selected details

  Look for specific features rather than aiming at photographic perfection.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Overlap gives the viewer a clue about front and back

  Show one form partly hiding another.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Paper weaving: follow the crossings one at a time

  Follow alternating placement while keeping strips broad and manageable.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Practise a paper tab before building the full craft

  Practise connecting parts before making a more complex form.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Symmetry and deliberate asymmetry can share the page

  Compare balanced reflection with intentional variation.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Tell a short action through images alone

  Communicate a short action through changing images.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  The empty spaces change when the paper shapes move

  Compare the placed shape with the surrounding empty area.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Three colours can be enough for a purposeful drawing

  Make purposeful choices within a small set of materials.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Three process photographs should show three meaningful moments

  Capture meaningful decisions rather than only a final product.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Three small composition sketches can prevent one oversized commitment

  Compare arrangements before committing to a larger drawing.

• Drawing, visual arts and paper craft

  Warm and cool colours are useful groupings, not fixed feelings

  Discuss familiar colour groupings while allowing personal interpretations.

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