‘Drawing for Learning’ Clare Price 

www.engagedlearning.co.uk 

Huddersfield Art Gallery 12th July 2013

Clare Price – www.engagedlearning.co.uk 

Clare Price – www.engagedlearning.co.uk 

  ‘Marks that have meaning’    Aims to get everyone drawing!   Ini<ated 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…

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www.campaignfordrawing.org 

  RESEARCH   RESOURCES   TRAINING   BIG DRAW 

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  Flagship month of celebra<on in October every year 

  1200+ Partners   22 countries   Over ¼ Million Par<cipants   ‘Drawing Inspira5on’ Awards 

Clare Price – www.engagedlearning.co.uk 

Clare Price – www.engagedlearning.co.uk 

Power Drawing : Active Learning Drawing across the Primary Curriculum

lots of experimentation helps!

you don’t need a pencil to draw…

Projec<on work on a large scale 

engaged and enjoying learning

Drawing Captain Scott’s

feelings….

Literacy Visual Verbal

Emotional

concentra<ng on represen<ng emo<on 

Personal journeys 

using a code of lines and shapes to show emo<onal responses to different areas of the playground 

Describing environments through drawing, enhancing our knowledge of the world.

Brain-gym inspired two-handed drawing

Changing outlines of our bodies into GIANT bears!

Observing expressions of emotion

Exploring our story map together. What an exciting journey we have had!

Memory & Imagination

Finding inspiration in nature

Magic beans sprouting…

a starting point for drawing

Narrative

Experimenting with unusual media, mark-making with feathers and ink

Drawing objects without looking at them - smell, listen, touch instead

Incorporating writing - using quill pens to write dialogue for the characters

Enacting the finished story

A study of civilians in World War 2

torches made images more dramatic

drawings became more abstract

our very own masterpiece!

Drawing means thinking

Thinking

Designing a game

Thinking big

Experimenting with light

Having fun 

Using shadows to prompt drawing 

Drawing with different materials

Small details on a big picture

photographs prompt memories to help

generate thoughts and

responses

Identity

drawing creates time and opportunity to think deeply

collaborative working points up similarities and differences

anticipation of the final product

Paper People

BIG DRAW in school Connec<ng learners, connec<ng learning 

•  Be ambitious •  Be playful •  Take a risk •  Involve everyone •  Have fun! •  Use it as a springboard for drawing all year

PS…find the OHP!

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Drawing across school…literally! 

Student‐led Big Draw 

Big Draw in the street 

drawing with light workshop 

Drawing through Perspex 

Clare Price www.engagedlearning.co.uk