Art Overview Breadth of Study Art National Curriculum coverage in the Creative Curriculum Autumn Spring Summer All About Me/Celebrations Traditional Tales / Plants Animals / People Who Help Us Exploring & Using Media & Materials Explores what happens when they mix colours. Experiments to create different textures. Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects. Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect. Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. Uses simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately. Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary. Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using. Exploring & Using Media & Materials Explores what happens when they mix colours. Experiments to create different textures. Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects. Manipulates materials to achieve a planned effect. Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. Uses simple tools and techniques competently and appropriately. Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where necessary. Selects tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using. Exploring & Using Media & Materials Explores what happens when they mix colours. Experiments to create different textures. Understands that different media can be combined to create new effects. Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources. Being Imaginative Create simple representations of events, people and objects. Chooses particular colours to use for a purpose. Being Imaginative Create simple representations of events, people and objects. Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme. Artist Models: Portrait artists Introduce artist models identifying shapes of body parts. Create large scale self-portraits by drawing round themselves onto backing paper. Use photographs blown up for faces and a mixture of collage and painting for hair, school uniform and shoes. Children choose from a range of different materials and stick on their portrait. Could work in groups. Being Imaginative Chooses particular colours to use for a purpose. Plays alongside other children who are engaged in the same theme. Pencils, paint Artist Models: Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock Introduce artist model looking at colours and shapes used. Children learn about the different colours used in fairy tales e.g. red for red riding hood, yellow for the straw on the first little pigs house etc. Children practice making different marks using these colours to explore and mark make and colour mixing. Explore using a range of fine art media e.g. pastels, watercolours, colouring pencils. Mixed media Artist Models: Cath Hodsman Introduce artist model identifying the different mini beasts and discussing their shapes and colours. Look at minibeasts found in the garden/beach/park and other holiday places. Students to explore different types of mark-making through sketching and painting pictures of ladybirds, bees, caterpillars, fish, crabs, starfish etc. using range of media. As a class, students to create colour paintings on paper plates based on Kandinsky then individual pieces using collage and painting.
Year 2 Year 1 Fantasy Buildings and Homes Travel and Transport Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products. artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products. Use drawing and sculpture to develop and Drawing, Painting, Pencils, paint Artist Models: Vincent Van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Cezanne Introduce artist models, encouraging discussions around the style, colour and shape. Observe and describe different kinds of marks artists have created using paint. Observational drawing of living things. Students to draw, use pastels and paints to create paintings in the style of the different artists. Use paintings as a stimulus for writing and description. Cut them and make into a still life. - Drawing, Collage Pencils, paper, paint Artist Model: Stephen Wiltshire Introduce artist model, encouraging discussions around the style. Observe and describe different kinds of lines and textures artists have used. Observational drawing of London City buildings and city scape. Identify and use different lines, experimenting to create different textural effects. Make a mixed media collage layering different shaped buildings to create a city scape with some line drawing adding some detail to some buildings. - Sculpture recyclables, clay Artist Model: 60 bus sculptures at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford Introduce artist model, encouraging discussions around the style, line, colours, patterns, materials used. Observe how colour can be used to create different feelings. Sketch some patterns observed on the buses. Create own designs focusing on use of line, patterns and shapes. Using clay or recyclable materials create bus sculptures. Paint designs over the top. 1. Famous People Aliens and outer space Oh I do like to be beside the seaside! Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products. Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own
Year 3 Drawing, Painting Pencils, pastels, Paint Artist Model: Leonardo Da Vinci Introduce artist model, encouraging discussions around the people in the portrait and what the picture tells us about them. Build on language learned e.g. line, colour, shape, texture. Observational drawing of facial features. Develop portraiture skills by drawing self and friends. Choose a famous person to draw as final piece. End product to be painted/coloured with pastels. Use skin tone paints and pastels. Drawing, Sculpture Pencils, paper-mace, recycled materials Artist Model: Damien Hirst, Introduce artist model identifying and discussing how they have used colour, shape, space, light and texture effectively. Look at photos of space, discussing shapes and textures of surface of planets and various objects. Explore mark making, creating different textures. Students to create sculptures of planets/ anything space related made out of mixed materials. Drawing, Print (Group Project) Pencils, paint Artist Model: Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Killeen Introduce artist models, identifying and encouraging discussions around shape and colours used. Create different compositions at Beach Trip and photograph. Observational drawing of living things and sea creatures found at sea side (could be from photos taken on trip). Cut out simple shapes of drawings to create stencils and paint using print methods. Explore use of primary and secondary colours. Class to put pieces together to create collaborative mural. Hidden treasure Adventures and Dinosaurs That s Not Fair... techniques, including drawing and painting techniques, including drawing and painting and with a range of materials [for example, with a range of materials [for example, example, and
Year 4 Drawing, Printing Pencils, paint, pastels, ink Artist Model: Various Egyptian artists Introduce range of examples of Ancient Egyptian art, identifying and encouraging discussions around line, symmetry and form. Build on and develop language used in Year 1 and 2 (line, shape, colour, texture). Compare similarities and contrasts to modern art. Using sketch books to develop compositions based on symmetrical objects and shapes. Mixed media piece based on chosen composition from sketch book using print methods. Artist Model: Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Wassili Kandinski ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITY: There are examples of each of these artists in the Tate Modern Gallery. Introduce and discuss a range of artists that changed the art world through their own explorations. Make studies in Sketchbooks and decide upon a style to influence the final piece. Practise oil pastel skills. Label and annotate by writing about the artist s style. Create artwork in the style of a chosen artist using oil pastels. Sculpture/Painting Artist Model: Various Study a range of recyclable artists observing materials re-used, techniques, and products made. Students to sketch ideas, recording developments in sketch books. Decide on materials and final product idea. Products can then be used to link in with Fair Trade, discussing the process used to sell/buy them Who do you think you are? Incredible India Superheroes techniques, including drawing, and painting with a range of materials [for example, example, techniques, including drawing and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, and
Year 5 Embroidery, needle work, weaving Material, cotton Artist Model: Anglo-Saxon tapestry (The Bayeux Tapestry) Introduce examples of how embroidery and tapestry have been used throughout history focusing on Anglo-Saxon period. Using sketch books develop simple pattern compositions e.g. repetition of line, shape, colour, and student s initials. Develop sewing techniques using basic principles of needle Final piece of work to be embroidery of chosen composition from sketch book. Drawing, Painting Brusho (powder dye), gutta, oil pastels, water colours Artist Model: Various Indian artists. Maqbool Fida Husain Introduce artist models, including range of photographs of Indian life scenes(buildings, landmarks, people, landscape) encouraging discussions around light, space (foreground, middle ground, background) and elements of design (creating a balanced composition). In sketch books, draw Indian life scene focusing on foreground, middle ground, background. E.g. Use landmarks, people, and plants to create depth. Develop silk painting techniques with oil pastels and watercolour paints on paper. Create silk paintings of Indian life scene using chosen composition from sketch books. Sculpture Artist Model: Alberto Giacometti, Marvel, Stan Lee Introduce artist models, encouraging discussions around the people in the portrait and what the picture tells us about them. Build on language learned e.g. line, colour, shape, texture. Investigate pictures of superheroes in strong poses. Draw classmates in superhero poses. Create stick people designs based on real life poses. Use wire to create skeletons for Giacometti sculptures. Add modroc around the frame to build up superheroes. Paint superheroes black in Giacometti style. Finally, use a lamp to create a shadow of the finished sculpture on coloured paper. Draw round and cut out shadow. Stand sculpture on shadow for display. All About Africa Being British Rainforests example, example, example, and
Year 6 Sculpture Artist Model: African works of art Study and draw examples of African masks in sketchbooks. Children design their own African mask. Teach children clay work skills and how to use clay tools, especially the use of cross hatching and water to join two parts of clay. Children make their own African masks based on their design. Masks could be 3D and curved as if to be worn (not completely flat). Paint masks to end. Painting, photography i-pads, pencils, paints Artist Model: David Hockney Introduce artist model, looking at Hockneys Yorkshire landscapes. Encouraging discussion about his style of painting compared to other artists studied in the past. Introduce terms abstract and figurative. Students to take photos and upload them onto i- pad creating own picture, using the programme http://www.photovisi.com. Explore mixing and matching, cropping, pulling pictures forward/backwards. Pictures to be printed to put in sketch books. Applying Hockney s abstract techniques, students to paint landscape, working collaboratively with group to then piece together one joint composition. Paint, print Artist Model: William Morris, Henri Rousseau Introduce examples of William Morris and Henri Rousseau s art. Focusing on knowledge of elements of art, built on in previous years, discuss how both artists paint similar subject matter but have different styles. Look at William Morris wallpaper designs and draw examples into sketchbooks. Using plants from exotic locations and rainforests create an original intricate design in the William Morris style that could be repeated when printed. Students draw onto easy print sheets and print using rollers and acrylic paints on paper (to be put into sketchbooks) and finally onto material for display. Maybe it s because I m a Londoner Blue planet Theatre (Including Ancient Greece) example, designers in history example, example, and
Paint Artist Model: J.M.W. Turner Introduce artist model, Turner using terms abstract, figurative, genre and perspective to discuss his works. Observational drawings of London city focusing on techniques to show perspective and make things look 3D. Develop and build on knowledge of colour mixing skills and colour theory (the colour wheel and opposites/harmonies see flipchart). Children create their own A3 paintings of the London skyline in Turner s style using water colour pens to show detail and paints to give the impression of the colour. Mixed media- tissue paper, glue, cardboard, newspaper. Group project Draw the course of a river and design a river sculpture. Create sculptures from card, newspaper and brown tape. Use PVA glue and water mixed (1 part PVA to 3 parts water) to stick coloured tissue paper onto sculptures. Paint more of mixture on top to ensure a hard shiny finish. Digital camera picture of final piece in Sketchbooks. pencils, charcoal, indian ink Artist Model: Various Greek Artworks Introduce students to Greek art discussing the influence their architecture, sculpture, painting, pottery and jewelry making had on art throughout the world e.g their influence on the Renaissance artists. Observe and draw examples of Greek designs on pottery in sketchbooks moving onto experimenting with charcoal and ink. Children design their own Greek influenced composition thinking about the traditional subject matter used. Final piece to be mixed media.