Art

Art has a significant and valuable role to play in the overall ethos of this school. Art is an ongoing process through which all children are given opportunities to develop specific skills, knowledge and understanding to enable them to work in variety of media, style and form. It enables children of all abilities to use their creative imagination to achieve their potential with guidance and given criteria.

Children work individually and within a group to develop their social and personal skills. Art is not taught in isolation, although it retains its creative base and its skills and techniques. Wherever appropriate it is linked to other areas of the curriculum and gives children the opportunities to develop specific art skills and reinforces skills already established.

Home Learning

Read Our Art Policy

Meet the Art Technicians

We are a group of creative individuals that work together to form the Art Technicians. Our role is to keep the school displays beautifully organised and ensure all of our work is presented to an exceptionally high standard.

Art Technicians

Curriculum – weekly lessons

Year 3 - Autumn - First half term

Week 1

Rules, expectations and presentation

Week 2

Outcome

Discuss the correct use of a sketchbook
Basic introduction to drawing
To experiment with mark making and shading

Week 3

Outcome

To draw and shade 3-D shapes
To annotate all work

Week 4

Outcome

To use pencil crayons to shade using one and two colours
To draw a linear landscape

Week 5

Outcome

To use colour using pencils, shade the landscape

Week 6

Outcome

To observe drawing of more complex forms e.g. Plants
To look at Georgia O’Keefe’s work

Week 7

Outcome

To draw large flowers based on O’Keefe’s work

Year 3 - Spring - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

Paint a basic colour wheel focusing on the correct use of brushes and paint

Week 2

Outcome

Look at artist Sonia Delaunay and draw an abstract picture based on her work

Week 3

Outcome

Paint the Delaunay using poster paint concentrating on colour mixing

Week 4

Outcome

Using watercolour paints, practise the wet on wet technique to create a background wash

Week 5

Outcome

Experiment with different watercolour techniques to create a variety of effects and textures

Week 6

Outcome

Using the dry technique, add the details on to the watercolour background

Year 3 - Summer - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

Look at artist Andy Warhol’s butterfly picture
To do observational drawings of butterflies

Week 2

Outcome

To print a background for the Warhol picture

Week 3

Outcome

To look at different butterflies
Draw and paint them

Week 4

Outcome

To continue to draw and paint butterflies

Week 5

Outcome

To cut out the butterflies and stick them on to the printed background to create a collage

Week 6

Trip to Kew Gardens

Year 4 - Autumn - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

Revision of drawing and shading skills

Week 2

Outcome

Discuss the correct use of sketchbooks
To create a rainforest page of observational drawings focusing on detail and shading

Week 3

Outcome

One point perspective
Create a design of a river in the rainforest using one point perspective

Week 4

Outcome

Create watercolour tests of the different watercolour techniques, textures and colour mixing required for the rainforest picture

Week 5

Outcome

Paint the rainforest river design
Trip to National Gallery

Week 6

Outcome

Create a variety of clouds using different charcoal techniques

Week 7

Outcome

Create a forest drawing using charcoal and water
Continue adding to the sketchbook page of the rainforest using pencil, charcoal and watercolours

Year 4 - Spring - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

To look at the artist George Birrell
Draw a picture of a fishing village

Week 2

Outcome

Choose the colour tones (cool or warm) and create a colour chart with poster paint of colours and textures to use in the seaside picture

Week 3

Outcome

Focusing on using the medium correctly and mixing the colours, paint the fishing village picture

Week 4

Outcome

Draw a forest in layers with the shortest trees in the front and tallest at the back

Week 5

Outcome

With paint, create depth by varying the tones of the paint

Week 6

Outcome

Add details and complete the painting

Year 4 - Summer - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

Look at vintage cameras, radios gramophones etc.
Create a sketchbook page of observational drawings

Week 2

Outcome

Continue with sketchbook page using a variety of media
Annotate

Week 3

Outcome

Design a vintage item based on the previous research

Week 4

Outcome

Start to create a 3D sculpture based on the drawn designs

Week 5

Outcome

Continue creating sculptures

Week 6

Outcome

Complete and paint sculptures
Assess

Year 5 - Autumn - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

Look at contemporary architecture and famous architects
To do observational drawing

Week 2

Outcome

Look at two point perspective and design a building using this knowledge

Week 3

Outcome

Continue the 2 point perspective

Week 4

Outcome

Paint the design with watercolours

Week 5

Outcome

Add details with pen

Week 6

Outcome

Look at famous artists depictions of still life
Draw a step by step still life starting with one object and adding more gradually using our knowledge of 3D shading

Week 7

Outcome

Continue the still life
Complete and evaluate

Year 5 - Spring - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

Paint a more complicated colour wheel

Week 2

Outcome

Experiment with shading and textures using poster paint

Week 3

Outcome

Look at the cubist work of artist Picasso. Design a cubist landscape based on your observations

Week 4

Outcome

Paint the cubist still life with shading and a limited colour palette

Week 5

Outcome

Complete cubist painting

Week 6

Outcome

Assess and discuss
Observational drawing in sketchbooks

Year 5 - Summer - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

Look at the work of Anthony Gormley
Start to look at the proportions of the body

Week 2

Outcome

Figure drawing focusing on proportions

Week 3

Outcome

Work in pairs to draw figures in different positions

Week 4

Outcome

Design a figure sculpture concentrating on the position of the figure and how to make it out of wire

Week 5

Outcome

Working with wire, start to create a sculpture

Week 6

Outcome

Continue wire sculpture
Complete sculpture
Assess

Year 6 - Autumn - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

Rules, expectations and presentation

Week 2

Outcome

Looking at correct use of sketchbooks going forward
Create a sample page using as many skills and materials as possible and displaying a confident ability to research ideas

Week 3

Outcome

Continue sketchbook work using the human figure as inspiration

Week 4

Outcome

Look at WW2 war artists
Do figure drawings from life focusing on movement and proportion

Week 5

Outcome

Create a grouping of figures focusing on line and shading

Week 6

Outcome

Look at portraits by famous artists. Focus on the proportions of the face and shading

Week 7

Outcome

Create a sketchbook page looking at portraits of different ages of people

Week 8

Outcome

Continue sketchbook work

Year 6 - Spring - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

Look at artist Edward Hopper landscapes. Create a drawing of a landscape with buildings

Week 2

Outcome

Create a test page of different watercolour techniques and textures appropriate for use in the landscape

Week 3

Outcome

Paint the landscape using all previously learnt watercolour skills

Week 4

Outcome

Complete watercolour painting adding details

Week 5

Outcome

Create a landscape sketchbook page using all the techniques and skills acquired

Week 6

Outcome

Continue sketchbook work

Year 6 - Summer - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

Look at handmade ceramics focusing on ramekins and small sets of bowls

Week 2

Outcome

Design a set of bowls that fit together or create a group design

Week 3

Outcome

Look at different ways of making pottery
Learn about the glazing and firing process
Experiment with various building techniques

Week 4

Outcome

Create clay bowls according to the designs

Week 5

Outcome

Paint the bowls