Vincent van Gogh - Mark Making Worksheet

This worksheet is a great tool to assess and develop your students’ mark-making skills. It can be used as a one off lesson task, or for a series of lessons if you are aiming for a more polished outcome. The worksheet could even be used to set as homework. Depending on the ability of your students this worksheet is suitable for KS3 and KS4 (11-16 year olds).

As well as a main task, this worksheet includes a starter activity and peer feedback task. I advise this wokrsheet is printed on A3 paper.

Starter Activity: Mark-making - In this box, students should use their pen to try and create many different marks and textures, particularly those they see in the van Gogh sketch.

Peer Feedback: Encourage students to give constructive feedback to eachother. Students should refer to the success criteria and use key language such as cross-hatching and stippling.

Main Task: Before asking students to start with the main task, take the time to discuss their ideas and tips for observational drawing. Suggest techniques such as creating guidelines, grids and drawing faint outlines.

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