By Paula Briggs

Some children naturally make larger, bolder marks of course, and some children prefer to work more tentatively, and I really believe that it’s worth valuing a child’s natural way of working, as a character trait, BUT, it’s equally important sometimes to get a child to work larger so that they can fully explore a wider range of mark making/materials/techniques.

This really quick drawing exercise only took five minutes and helped the 6 to 8 year olds I teach to expand their drawings to fill the page, and it impacted really positively on the artist’s books we went on to make.

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“Rachel has contributed some great resources to AccessArt and we really like how this idea captures the concept of ‘returning’ – something that school children will have processed over the past year. We love how this activity encourages hands to feel and move paint about freely – to experience its qualities and tactile nature. You could try this in your setting using different migratory birds such as Ospreys or Swifts as inspiration, with the children looking at images of these birds before trying some observational drawing.” – Rachel, AccessArt.

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