Art & Design · Year 2

Storybook Scenes: Drawing with Detail

🎨 Art & DesignEasy9 min

Story time 📖

Tap play and I''ll read this lesson to you like a story.

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Line typeWhat it shows
Wobbly 〰️Excitement and energy
Sharp straight ➖Strength
Thick 🖊️Bold parts that stand out
Thin ✏️Small details like hair
Quentin Blake's lines and what they show

🔗 Match each line type to what it shows in a drawing. Can you remember?

  • Thick line

  • Thin line

  • Wobbly line

  • Straight line

A has a and a . The is at the your here, . The is , , sky . This your , like you could into it! 🌳

Top tip: your that is the where the sky the . Put your in of it. Things the far !

🧩 Put these drawing steps in the right order to build a storybook scene. 🖊️

  1. Look at your scene and check it tells a story
  2. Add details using thick and thin lines
  3. Draw your main character large in the foreground
  4. Add background details like sky, trees, or buildings
  5. Draw a horizon line across your paper

what his are . up ! ! When you your , : what are they now? Let their and the . 😲🏃

his or , . This them a of , as if they are in the of like a of !

🗂️ Sort these drawing choices into Quentin Blake's style or Not his style.

  • Wobbly, sketchy lines

  • Characters leaning and moving

  • Perfectly neat, ruler-straight lines everywhere

  • Expressive faces showing feelings

  • Stiff, still characters with no emotion

  • Background details that add to the story

Now you are to your own ! a from a you . Use your , add a , then your big in the . Use AND to make it . You are an ! 🌟

Building a storybook scene step by step

Quiz time! 📝

Storybook Scenes Quiz

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