--- title: "Year 6 - Art - Scaling up Drawings" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-09-year-6-art-scaling-up-drawings" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 6 - Art - Scaling up Drawings ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/y6_-_art.jpg) 9 September 2026 ![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/fb4a11cb95e9f59365592c9156ffe11a.jpg)How can focusing on the space *around* an object help bring a 2D drawing to life? Inspired by the iconic life-sized cut-out figures of artist Lubaina Himid, Year 6 have been exploring how flat shapes can transform into interactive art. Using reference silhouettes of animals like cats, lions, and dolphins, the children put their observational skills to the test by studying negative space to accurately map out shapes. They applied the grid method to scale up their chosen images square by square, carefully transferring pencil outlines with accuracy and confidence onto a larger scale. [Year 6](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-6) [Art and Design](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/art-and-design) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2026-09-08_10_09_58.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-08-nursery-and-pre-school-maths-categorising-objects) Previous ### [Nursery And Pre-School - Maths - Categorising Objects](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-08-nursery-and-pre-school-maths-categorising-objects) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/f1424e67-d920-4ff2-a166-cc21a2eb65a3(1).jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-10-year-3-art-gestural-drawing-with-charcoal) Next ### [Year 3 - Art - Gestural Drawing With Charcoal](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-10-year-3-art-gestural-drawing-with-charcoal) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)