Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

What students will learn

 Landscapes

Artists studied include

Curriculum Cymreig

Welsh artists including Martyn Evans,

Paul Peter Piech & Ogwyn Davies.

Landscapes / Identity

Evaluations of Landscape research.

Introduction to portrait artists including Dean Russo, Van Gogh & Picasso.

Identity

Create a self-portrait inspired by artist research and use of new media. 

Key assessments

Drawing skills and use of line, tone and texture.

Tonal range and watercolour.

Painting skin tone and self-portraits.

Shading and tinting.

Use of colour primary, secondary complementary.

Tints and shades.

Using colour to lighten and darken colour. Happy, sad, hot and cold colours. Use of shapes and colour in artists studied

Portraiture, line, tone and texture.

Tonal range and watercolour.

Painting skin tone and self-portraits.

Shading and tinting

Key vocabulary:

15 essential words for students to be able to spell, explain and use

Colour, primary, secondary complementary, tint, shade,

happy, sad, hot and cold colours, tertiary, hue

Abstract, realistic, elongated, shading, tone, colour.

Skills

Literacy tasks for each artist. Landscapes drawing and painting skills being developed throughout sketchbooks.

Literacy tasks for each artist. Portraiture drawing and painting skills being developed throughout sketchbooks.

Producing different style portraits.

Final portrait for all pupils presented on A3 paper.

Additional Resources

All pupils will have the opportunity to develop new media and create work using iPads using apps, and ICT technology.

Our aim is for pupils to create a digital footprint of some of their work by creating an E portfolio in addition to an A4 sketchbook.

Pupils will use a range of media including watercolour paints.

How parents can help

Extra-curricular opportunities & visits

Art Club

Homework expectations

Homework is set for each artist.

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

What students will learn

Flora & Fauna  

Artists studied include Henri Rousseau,

Lucy Arnold & Jason Vincent Scarpace.

Observational drawings of fish inspired by research of Scarpace artist.

Flora & Fauna / Cultures

Create a collage fish using a variety of media to create texture, repeat pattern using ICT based on artist Arnold.

Cultures

Pattern in Cultures including Egyptian art & North American pattern positive and negative. Blending colours, designing patterns and using them. Producing positive and negative. Producing and designing 2D into 3D.

Key assessments

Drawing skills and use of line, tone and texture.

Tonal range and watercolour.

Painting animals and their environment. Shading and tinting.

Use of colour primary, secondary complementary.

Tints and shades.

Using colour to lighten and darken colour. Use of shapes and colour in artists studied, shapes & texture.

Key vocabulary:

15 essential words for students to be able to spell, explain and use

Camouflage, layering, line, shape, texture, observational studies.

Texture, colour, shape, pattern.

Hieroglyphics, tomb, pattern, line, symmetry.

Skills

Literacy tasks for each artist. Flora & Fauna drawing and painting skills being developed throughout sketchbooks.

Literacy tasks for each artist drawing and painting skills being developed throughout sketchbooks.

Literacy tasks for each artist drawing and painting skills being developed throughout sketchbooks.

Additional Resources

All pupils will have the opportunity to develop new media and create work using iPads using apps, and ICT technology.

Our aim is for pupils to create a digital footprint of some of their work by creating an E portfolio in addition to an A4 sketchbook.

Pupils will use a range of media including watercolour paints.

How parents can help

Pupils need basic art equipment: an HB pencil, a variety of colouring pencils

Extra-curricular opportunities & visits

Art Club

Homework expectations

Homework is set for each artist