Drawing like an architect

Art and design

Drawing and painting my dream building

Drawing buildings using charcoal

Sustainable architecture

Design and build a home using recycled materials

Make a monoprint of a building

A diverse range of approaches will be used in this unit to investigate houses in both an artistic and an architectural style. Drawing and printing techniques will be explored before pupils investigate how architects design environmentally friendly houses or flats, then design their own eco-home.

Our spaces: drawing and printing

designs buildings and helps plan how they will be built.

A line that runs from left to right across a space is called ...

All architectural designs are symmetrical.

All architectural designs are asymmetrical.

Architectural designs can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.

how light or dark a shade is, including black, white and greys

shapes that have lots of parts or details

Charcoal is a great tool for artists to create drawings because it can be used to create ...

What technique has been used here to add value?

Starter Quiz

What is charcoal?