Connecting with Practice Series NQS PLP - Marking with coloured pencils

Summary

The video segment shows a hands-on, guided drawing activity where an adult facilitates a child’s mark-making practice using colored pencils. The focus is on encouraging the learner to explore the materials freely (making circles, dots, and repeated lines/marks), listening to cues, and coordinating actions like selecting colors and placing pencils/paper appropriately.

Artistic techniques / creative processes shown

• Open-ended mark making with colored pencils (exploration before “finished” artwork)
• Creating basic shapes:
  • Circles (“around and around”)
  • Dots
• Color experimentation:
  • Choosing a specific color and switching to different colors to draw marks
• Guided participation / scaffolding:
  • The facilitator prompts actions and demonstrates how to hold/press the pencil, then supports the child to try

Steps / materials / advice (as demonstrated)

• Provide paper (and a pencil set)
• Encourage the learner to:
  • Choose a colored pencil
  • Draw circles
  • Make marks freely
  • Add dots
  • Use a different color for additional marks
• Manage tools:
  • Inspect items (e.g., a container/bottle of paint is discussed, but brushes aren’t used in this part)
  • Put non-needed materials away and continue with pencils

Creators / contributors featured

• Jesse (participant/learner)
• Mommy (referenced by the child during the activity)
• Unspecified facilitator/instructor (no name provided in the subtitles)