Key Stage 3
Year 7
Intent
In their first year of studying art as a specialism, students will ignite their passion for the art world through exploring the world of artists in class discussions, learning to form their own opinions as well as consider the opinions of others. They will develop their practical skills by learning to draw portraits accurately and in proportion and also apply tone and contrast, starting to consider directional line and tone. They will have the opportunity to experiment with various materials and techniques such as printmaking, painting and oil pastel work.
Learning Journey
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Learn correct facial proportions.
- Use tone and contrast in a range of materials to explore facial features accurately.
- Use key vocabulary to look at the work of artists and learn about the facial proportions.
Enriched Knowledge
- Discussions surrounding other artists, Chris Ofili and his art standing up to racism and stereotypes (Stephen Lawrence)
- Frida Kahlo- disability and pain but determination.
Key Vocabulary
- Facial proportions
- Line
- Tone
- Contrast
- Depth
- Tonal range
- Presentation
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Use knowledge of facial features and proportions to create a tonal portrait.
- Use tone and contrast in printmaking & paint to respond to Kathe Kollwitz.
- Use key vocabulary to
- discuss the work of Kathe Kollwitz.
Enriched Knowledge
- Looking at the work of Kathe Kollwitz, pupils develop their understanding of mental health issues and the difficulties of war and grief.
Key Vocabulary
- Mono printing
- Mark making
- Expressive
- German Expressionism
- Contemporary art
- Response
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Mix skin colours- understand colours needed for all different types of skin tone.
- Respond to the work of Julian Opie.
Enriched Knowledge
- Julian Opie- exploring how his commercial work is used on album covers. Look at his digital work.
- Discussions surrounding different portraits from history, pupils start to form opinions.
Key Vocabulary
- Mixed media
- Digital art
- Expressive
- Emotion
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Colour theory and mixing.
- Use colours to create tones and form smooth transitions.
- Create landscapes in response to the Fauve movement in oil pastel.
Enriched Knowledge
- Exploring the work of the Fauves, pupils explore the Art movement and how abstract colour can also help to create depth.
Key Vocabulary
- Expressive
- Abstract
- Composition
- Tertiary colours,
- Complementary colours
- Harmonious
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Complete Fauve Landscapes.
- Create a combined portrait and colour piece inspired by the work of Julian Opie and Michael Craig-Martin.
Enriched Knowledge
- Through the work of Michael Craig Martin, pupils explore the idea of gratitude and not taking things for granted.
- Explore how inspiration happens- connection to Michael Craig Martin from Julian Opie- MCM mentored Opie at university.
Key Vocabulary
- Texture
- Foreground/Background
- Fauve movement
- Abstract
- Hot/cold colours
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Create a combined portrait and colour piece inspired by the work of Julian Opie and Michael Craig-Martin.
- Look at colour and culture- Rangoli patterns. Students created their own Rangoli patterns inspired by the Hindu festival of light (Diwali)
Enriched Knowledge
- Students learn about a range of religious traditions and festivals connected to colours such as Holi, Diwali and Notting Hill Carnival and the connection to historic periods of time such as the slave trade.
Key Vocabulary
- Three Dimensional
- Form
- Construction
- Proportion
- Colour
- Expression
Year 8
Intent
Students will build on their observational skills and progress in their approach to a variety of drawing and printing techniques which will include silk painting and pattern. They will look at and explore traditional and contemporary art forms.
Learning Journey
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Develop a greater understanding of forms and shapes.
- Introduce drawing skills including perspective, ellipses and compositional format. Background, middle ground and foreground.
- Apply their knowledge to drawing a still life composition.
Enriched Knowledge
- Discuss and appreciate the work of modern artist Cézanne and Picasso? Braque and other contemporary artists.
Key Vocabulary
- Shapes
- Form
- Continuous line
- Contour
- Tone
- Proportion
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Explore a range of drawing techniques including quality of line and mark making.
- Develop confidence using a range of tools and materials.
- Learn about the work of Jim Dine and connections to the Pop Art movement.
Enriched Knowledge
- Respond to the work of Jim Dine- learning expressive techniques & improving brushwork.
- Evaluate and improve the quality of presentation.
Key Vocabulary
- Perspective
- Still life
- Ellipses
- Monotone
- Mixed media
- Ground/Surface
- Composition
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Explore the work of Dolan Geiman continue to form opinions of artists’ work and explain why.
- Develop confidence using a range of tools and materials.
- Students develop their skills of drawing animals, focusing on owls and creating colour and texture using a variety of materials.
Enriched Knowledge
- Respond to Dolan Geiman and explore mixed media techniques with focus on the environment and recycling.
- Discussions surrounding sustainable use of materials.
Key Vocabulary
- Collagraph
- Monoprint
- Tonal range
- Cross hatching
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Taking sea life creatures as a starting point, students will explore and develop sea life forms.
- Develop ideas and design mood boards.
- Pupils create a silk painting using fine brush techniques.
Enriched Knowledge
- Discuss the purpose of a mood board and how they are used in industry.
- They will take inspiration from MC Escher, Vincent Scarpace & Dale Chihuly- discuss artists’ work.
Key Vocabulary
- Mood board
- Design
- Colour theory
- Pattern
- Tessellation
- Masking
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Pupils create a silk painting using fine brush techniques.
- Build on colour theory prior knowledge with a focus on expanding their understanding of harmonious and complimentary colour.
Enriched Knowledge
- Look at a range of cultures where silk painting has evolved- China, India amongst others.
Key Vocabulary
- Blending colours
- Fine brush work application
- Gutta/Resist
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Pupils explore repeat pattern and design a polytile and create a range of repeat prints exploring different surfaces.
- Pupils consolidate their understanding of printing and the use of the printing ink.
Enriched Knowledge
- Students look at a range of cultures that use repeat patterns in designs/clothes & buildings.
- Pupils look at possibilities of printing with half drop and rotation.
Key Vocabulary
- Tessellation
- Half drop
- Motif
- Rotation
- Repetition
Year 9
Intent
In their last statutory year of art students will implement all of the skills that they have developed so far in their school art career with a particular focus on ambitious subject matter in order to prepare them for GCSE. They will need to utilise all the knowledge and skills they have learned to build a successful body of work and continue to develop their use of art vocabulary when discussing the work of others.
Learning Journey
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Rules of proportion and the human form.
- Creating form using tonal shading techniques.
- Exploring artists through time who have focused on the figure.
Enriched Knowledge
- Drawing the human form enhances a more sophisticated set of drawing skills.
- Recording using proportion, negative space, and perspective through gesture drawings.
Key Vocabulary
- Proportion
- Scale
- Gesture drawing
- Negative space
- Modelling form
- Tonal gradation
- Motion
- Futurism
- Dynamism
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Exploring a range of mediums and techniques to express dynamic gestures and expression in an art piece.
- Capture movement in painting through tone & colour.
- Artists such as Banksy and Frank Auerbach are discussed to look at the different ways they capture movement as well as meanings behind their work.
Enriched Knowledge
- Advancing skills in capturing movement through techniques used by the Futurist artists such as layering and fragmenting shapes and colour.
Key Vocabulary
- Proportion
- Scale
- Gesture drawing
- Negative space
- Modelling form
- Tonal gradation
- Motion
- Futurism
- Dynamism
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Futurist art movement and discussing how their art reflects the new technologies of the early 20th century and the events of WW1/2
- Students create a complex composition using subject matter inspired by the Futurists.
- They start to apply a range of mixed media to their pieces.
Enriched Knowledge
- Consider different ways artists have captured movement in their work.
- Explore the work ‘The city rises’ and understand its connection to the changing world at the time.
Key Vocabulary
- Proportion
- Scale
- Gesture drawing
- Negative space
- Modelling form
- Tonal gradation
- Motion
- Futurism
- Dynamism
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Complete larger pieces applying a range of mixed media to the work. Apply their knowledge of tone and blending to each section of their piece through the use of different materials.
Enriched Knowledge
- Further conversations exploring futurist artwork and the use of abstraction.
Key Vocabulary
- Polyphonic (in reference to Futurism)
- Abstraction
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Pupils learn about gargoyles and their role within Gothic architecture.
- Students create tonal pieces from photographs of gargoyles.
- Using inspirations from Gothic churches students create their designs for their sculpture.
Enriched Knowledge
- Pupils learn about Gothic architecture and the meaning behind the gargoyles.
- Look at other artist and sculptors who have been inspired by Gargoyles.
Key Vocabulary
- Maquette
- Composite
- Gothic
- Armature
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Pupils learn about different British sculpture to explore this further and look at the wider use of sculpture in British society.
- Continue to work on their gargoyle sculptures using mod roc.
- Add tonal paint to give the final touches to their piece
Enriched Knowledge
- Pupils explore the work of Thomas J Price. F.E. Mc Williams, pupils discuss public art and explore sculptures in the UK and how they represent various events- women's rights, Windrush and historic figures.
Key Vocabulary
- Structure
- Layering
- Hazard (health and safety due to Modroc dust)
Art News
- Year 10 Art GCSE
Over the last two weeks, pupils have been responding to the work of Kris Trappeniers. (30/11/2021) - Year 10 GCSE pupils visit the New Art Exchange
Year 10 GCSE pupils meet Arit Emmanuella Etukudo (12/10/2021) - Year 8 art work
Year 8 have been learning about the artist Jim Dine. (12/02/2021) - Year 11 produce amazing work in lockdown!
Year 11 have been working hard in lockdown on their Art GCSE coursework (12/02/2021) - Futurism
Our talented Year 9s are producing some fantastic work in lockdown! (04/02/2021)