Pene Rākau | Year 10

Pene Rākau (pencil) offers you the opportunity to learn and develop your freehand sketching skills. In this module you will learn about the most appropriate sketching pencils as well as how to sketch in both 2D and 3D. You will complete a range of mini projects and will be given feedback from your teacher on how you can make improvements.

As you progress throughout the year your skills will improve but you are encouraged to practice as often as you can to ensure you achieve to the best of your ability.

If you ever need help use the Banana Warrior and get in touch by clicking on Help Me! to contact your class teacher.

Sketching resources

There are a range of different freehand sketching styles which are used in Design and Visual Communication.

Isometric

Oblique

1 Point Perspective

2 Point Perspective

Isometric

A quick video guide to remind you how to sketch in Isometric. This tutorial takes you through how to turn a 2D shape into 3D.

Oblique

Watch this to remind you how to sketch in Oblique. This short tutorial has quick tips and demonstrates how to create an oblique crate.

1 and 2 POint Perspective

This tutorial demonstrates how to sketch in both 1 point and 2 point perspective. You are however encouraged to sketch without the use of a straight edge as demonstrated in this tutorial.

Sketching activities

Exemplars

Click through the exemplar drawings shown opposite to see some examples of activities you will complete in class. These include Isometric names and perspective cityscapes.

Freehand Assessment

Minecraft Character Presentation

Minecraft challenge

For this assessment you are challenged to design and sketch in isometric your very own Minecraft character complete with weapon and trusty pet companion!