As part of the Kindness and Curiosity Art Week 2026, we have created this resource to help learners discover narratives of kindness through artworks.

Alongside exploring acts of kindness, this resource builds on the Finding Marks Through Drawings Made by Artists resource, helping learners expand their mark-making vocabulary through a range of lines, colours, and shapes, which they can refer to when experimenting with their own drawing and painting.

This activity can be used with learners aged 5 and upwards, whilst the themes and artworks explored can also be adapted for older learners.

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What We Like About This Resource…

“We really love how Nichola devised and facilitated this activity, giving learners complete freedom whilst limiting certain elements such as colour palette. This activity incorporates a journeyful approach, in which the experiments all come together to form a shared outcome, and celebrate every learners exploration, which we love!” – Tobi, AccessArt

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Nicole Dubertrand Process Art at HP Home Education group

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“I really like how Yu-Ching’s process combines hand-drawing and painting, before moving across to digital. Combining those processes ensures that the illustrations retain a very warm, tactile look to them, but the digital element refines the imagery. We really like what Yu-Ching says about the benefits of silent books being universally understood and feel that the benefits and challenges of not using words means that the imagery has to be really clear, which encourages lots of exciting creative problem-solving.” – Tobi, AccessArt

See This Resource Used In Schools

Year 3 Redesdale Primary

Year 3, Sutton Valence Preparatory School

Year 5/6, Histon and Impington Brook Primary

A child's hand holds a pen next to a colourful sketch with abstract marks

Benton Dene School by Clare Boreham

Child's hand using watercolour
St Hilary School, Year 2