Year 2 Paradise island: drawing and sculpture worksheet

“Marks and feelings” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 art unit “Paradise island: drawing and sculpture”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 16 to 21 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Marks and feelings

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Art & design · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can use marks and colours to show feelings in a drawing.

A Look back3 min

1.
Red, yellow and blue are called ___ colours.
primarysecondarywarmcool
2.
Red and yellow mixed together make ___.
orangepurplegreenbrown
3.
This shape has no corners. What is its name?
circlesquaretrianglepentagon

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola wants to draw a sunny day at the beach from last summer. How can colour show how Ola felt?

A sunny beach with yellow sand, a big sun and a blue sea

Watch me

Ola remembers a bright, happy day.

Bright, warm colours can show joy.

So Ola picks yellow, orange and red.

Now you

1.
Ben remembers a day when his trainers got soaked and he felt grumpy. Write one colour you would pick, and why.

C Your turn7 min

Look at the colours and marks, then answer.

A page with one soft wavy pencil line and one zigzag pencil line

1.
Which colour could show joy in a happy memory? Circle one.
yellowblue
2.
Which colour could show worry or sadness in a memory? Circle one.
yellowblue
3.
Write each mark in the column for the feeling it can show.
soft wavy linezigzag line
Calm or peace Anger or excitement
4.
Mix blue and yellow. What new colour do you get? Circle one.
greenpurpleorangebrown

Say it out loud: Which colour or mark changed how the picture felt for you?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “Mixing red and blue makes green.”

1.
What colour do red and blue really make? Circle one.
purplegreenorangebrown

E Think deeper4 min

Think about a memory you care about. What would it look like with marks and colours?

1.
Pick one mark and one colour for a happy memory. Then pick one mark and one colour for a worried memory. Say why each choice fits.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Marks and feelings · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. primary

2. orange If your child circles green, they may be thinking of blue and yellow. Ask which two colours in the picture are red and yellow, and what mixing them makes.

3. circle

B

1. Look for: One colour linked to the grumpy feeling with a reason, such as blue for gloom or red for feeling cross. If your child picks yellow, ask what yellow usually shows. Then ask which colour feels gloomy or cross, like Ben.

C

1. yellow If your child circles blue, ask them to point to the colour that looks bright like a sunny day. Yellow is bright and warm.

2. blue If your child circles yellow, ask whether a bright sunny colour fits a sad memory. Blue is the cooler colour in this pair.

3. Calm or peace: soft wavy line · Anger or excitement: zigzag line If your child puts the zigzag under calm, ask them to trace it with a finger. Sharp points feel busy, so the zigzag belongs under anger or excitement.

4. green If your child circles purple, they may have mixed blue with red. Ask them to mix blue and yellow with paint or crayon to see the new colour.

D

1. purple If your child circles green, they have copied Kit's idea. Green comes from blue and yellow. Ask your child to mix red and blue with crayons to see what appears.

E

1. Look for: Two different choices, each linked to a feeling, with a reason such as a wave for calm or a zigzag for anger.

Words to use

Say“What feeling did you want your marks to show? Which mark or colour helped most?”

Instead of“That is not what the picture is meant to look like. Just copy the photo.”

After the sheet

Sit side by side with paper and felt tips. Each of you draws one happy memory using only marks and colours. Swap sheets, guess the feeling in the other picture, then explain your own choices.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Paradise in colour(with a plan)
Our Paradise Island(with a plan)
Build a strong base(with a plan)
Build Layer by Layer(with a plan)
Paint Tones and Detail(with a plan)

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