Observational Drawing

Now that Spring is finally upon us, we are taking every opportunity to make the most of the (occasional) good weather and take learning outside whenever we can.


During our topic lessons last week we decided to take the children out into the sunshine to complete observational drawings of cars parked in our car park. The children were taught how to use pastels and were able to use this particular medium to create some truly stunning representations.

Through this task the children are of course developing the skills that come with working with pastels, but when children are faced with the challenge of representing a real life 3D object on paper they are practicing their recognition of shapes and awareness of proportion as well as advancing hand eye coordination and an eye for detail.

It was amazing to see the children so engaged in their task and how proud they all were of their finished artwork.


"Every child is an artist" - Picasso