‘Once Upon a Drawing’ Clare Price
Perth, Australia May 2013
‘Marks that have meaning’ Aims to get everyone drawing! Ini4ated in 2000 by the Guild of St George
“Not everything that is drawn gets made, but nothing gets built without being drawn”
Wish I’d said it…
www.campaignfordrawing.org
RESEARCH RESOURCES TRAINING BIG DRAW
Flagship month of celebra4on in October every year
1200+ Partners 22 countries Over ¼ Million Par4cipants ‘Drawing Inspira5on’ Awards
lots of experimentation helps!
you don’t need a pencil to draw…
Collabora4ve
Independent
Drawing Captain ScoQ’s feelings….
Literacy Visual Verbal
Emo4onal
concentra4ng on represen4ng emo4on
Personal journeys
using a code of lines and shapes to show emo4onal responses to different areas of the playground
Describing environments through drawing, enhancing our knowledge of the world.
Changing outlines of our bodies into GIANT bears!
Observing expressions of emo4on
Exploring our story map together. What an exci4ng journey we have had!
Memory & ImaginaBon
Finding inspira4on in nature
Magic beans sprou4ng ….a star4ng point
for drawing
NarraBve
Experimenting with unusual media, mark-making with feathers and ink
Drawing objects without looking at them - smell, listen, touch instead
Incorpora4ng wri4ng ‐ using quill pens to write dialogue for the characters
Enac4ng the finished story
A study of civilians in World War 2
torches made images more drama4c
drawings became more abstract
our very own masterpiece!
Thinking
Designing a game
Thinking big
Experimen4ng with light
Having fun
Using shadows to prompt drawing
Drawing with different materials
Small details on a big picture
Observa4on, science & literacy
photographs prompt memories to help generate thoughts and responses
IdenBty
drawing creates 4me and opportunity to think deeply
collabora4ve working points up similari4es and differences
an4cipa4on of the final product
Paper People!
Drawing across school…literally!
Student‐led Big Draw
Big Draw in the street
drawing with light workshop
and now…….more Drawing!
Drawing through Perspex