Art
Art - Remote Learning During COVID-19 School Closure
Teachers will be setting work for each teaching group on Show My Homework, intended to provide a reasonable curriculum. All work will be set for online submission, with students saving work and using the online Submit Work feature.
Art Learning Journey
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Art at Key Stage 3
In year 7 and 8 all students study 50 minutes of Art per week, year 9 students have 1 hour and 40 minutes per week. The course includes a diverse range of artistic styles including traditional and contemporary.
Students are given termly projects which focus on various themes and within themes we explore a diverse range of mediums to give the students a more rounded experience in all areas of the subject. Throughout the course the students are introduced to the work of a range of artists which complement and inspire creative responses related to each project.
Activities will involve: Drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, photography, clay, critical analysis and 3D work.
Year 8 students will choose 2 areas of Art, Design and Technology that they would like to focus on in year 9. These 2 options will then rotate on a 9-10 week course, giving each student a double lesson per week. This then gives the students more time to develop their skills in these subjects, creating a more solid foundation for GCSE.
Students artwork is displayed around the classrooms to celebrate success and demonstrate the exciting and skillful work created by the students. Students are encouraged to attend lunch and afterschool workshops to extend skills and techniques.
By the end of Key stage 3 all pupils should be able to:-
Use a range of techniques to record their observations in sketchbooks, journals and other media as a basis for exploring ideas.
Use a range of techniques and media including painting.
Increase their proficiency in the handling of different materials.
Analyse and evaluate their own work, and that of others, to strengthen the visual impact or applications of their work.
Have a critical understanding about the history of art, craft and design and architecture, including periods, styles and major art movements up to the present day.
Years 7 and 8
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KS3
Subject:
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Y7 Content
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Y7 Key Assessment
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Y8 Content
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Y8 Key Assessment
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Autumn 1
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Insects
Skills Covered:
- Mark Making
- Oil Pastel Printing
- Analysing the Artist Abby Diamond
- Mono Printing
- Watercolour Washes
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Observational Drawing Task
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Still Life
Skills Covered:
- Mark Making
- Looking at the Artist Giorgio Morandi
- Mono Printing
- Observational Drawing
- Negative Space
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Observational Drawing Task
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Autumn 2
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Insects
Skills Covered:
- Observational Drawing
- Collage
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Collage Bug Outcome
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Still Life
Skills Covered:
- Looking at the Artist Michael Craig Martin
- Poly Block Printing
- Painting
- Working with Colour
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Painting in the style of Michael Craig Martin
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Spring 1
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Under the Sea
Skills Covered:
- Oil Pastels
- Observational Drawing
- Watercolour Techniques
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Observational Drawing Task
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Pop Art
Skills Covered:
- Analysing the Pop Art Movement
- 3D cardboard relief
- Observational Drawing
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Observational Drawing Task
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Spring 2
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Under the Sea
Skills Covered:
- Papier Mâché
- Painting and Decorating 3D Sculptures
- Mono Printing
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3D Jellyfish sculpture
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Pop Art
Skills Covered:
- Mono Printing
- Clay
- Painting 3D clay sculpture
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3D clay sculpture
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Summer 1
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Natural Forms
Skills Covered:
- Grid Drawing
- Looking at the Artist Karl Blossfeldt
- Chalk and Charcoal
- Complementary Colours
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Chalk and Charcoal outcome
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Portraiture
Skills Covered:
- Limited Colour Palettes
- Looking at the Artist Ian Berry
- Tints, Tones and Shade
- Continuous line
- Repeating patterns using Mono Printing
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Painting and Mono Print
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Summer 2
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Natural Forms
Skills Covered:
- Analysing the Artist Georgia O’keeffe
- Painting
- Observational Drawing
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Observational Drawing Task
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Landscapes
Skills Covered:
- Looking at the Artist Rowan Leckie
- Mono Printing with textures and adding watercolours
- Observational Drawing
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Observational Drawing Task
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Year 9
Portraiture and the Alter Ego
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Introduction to Chuck Close and the grid method technique
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Applying the grid method to a pencil self portrait
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Photography and weaving
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Mono printing and continuous line drawing
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Oil pastel workshop and artist study
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Coloured pencil and hatching techniques applied to portraits
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Introduction to David Hockney and perspective
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Watercolour wash techniques
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Torn paper landscapes
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Pencil drawing, tone, mark making and texture
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Textured landscapes, Mod Roc and collage
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Photography
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GCSE Art
Course Title: GCSE (9-1) Art & Design: Fine Art
Year 10
Year 1 Term 1 Component 1
Introduction – Recording Skills + Organic Forms and Surfaces & Food (TBC)
Drawing/Painting/Observation/Imagination + Critical Analysis exploring artists methods + Exploring and developing ideas using a range of media.
Year 1 Term 2 Component 1
- Outcomes Organic Forms
- Large cropped composition painting inspired by Georgia O’Keefe
- William Morris inspired repeat print
Year 1 Term 3 Component 1
- Printmaking
- Lino
- Mono-printing
Year 11
Year 2 Term 1 Component 1
- Personal independent project – internally set theme(s)
- Research, develop + refine final chosen idea(s)
- Realisation of 1st final outcome
- Refined final outcome (if necessary)
- Present personal portfolio
- Component 1 submitted for assessment
Year 2 Term 2 Component 2
Component 2 – Externally Set Assignment – Theme assigned by AQA exam board + Theme issued in the first week of term + 8 weeks to produce preparatory work studies to support given theme + Research, record, develop, review, refine + produce FINAL outcome (10 hours’ practical exam in exam conditions)
Year 2 Term 3 Component 1 + Component 2
- Presentation of portfolio + Externally Set Assignment Exhibition
KS5
Art & Design
Course Title: A Level Art & Design: Fine Art
Specification Code: 7242
Exam Board: AQA Web Link
Year 12
Year 1 Term 1 Component 1
Introduction – Recording Skills
- Darkroom Process + Camera-less methods
- Natural + Abstract Form
- Portraiture
- Focus + No Focus
- Composition + Movement
- Gallery Concepts
Year 1 Term 2 Component 1
- Introduction to Personal Investigation
- Research, Development + Refining ideas
- Realisation + combination of ideas
- Reviewed + Refined outcomes
- Present personal portfolio
Year 1 Term 3 Component 1
- Personal Investigation
- Research, Development + Refining ideas
- Realisation + combination of ideas
- Reviewed + Refined outcomes
- Present personal portfolio
Year 13
Year 2 Term 1 Component 1
- Personal Investigation
- Research, Development + Refining ideas
- Realisation + combination of ideas
- Reviewed + Refined outcomes
- Present personal portfolio
- Component 1 submitted for assessment
Year 2 Term 2 Component 2
- Month Deadlines: Personal Investigation
- Reviewed + Refined outcomes
- Present personal portfolio
- Planning + preparation for final outcomes
- Component 1 submitted for final assessment
Year 2 Term 2 Component 2
Component 2 – Externally Set Assignment – Theme assigned by AQA exam board + Theme issued in the first week of February + 8 weeks to produce preparatory work studies to support given theme + Research, record, develop, review, refine + produce FINAL outcome (15 hours’ practical exam in exam conditions)
Year 2 Term 3 Component 1 + Component 2
- Presentation of portfolio and Externally Set Assignment Exhibition
Extended Independent Reading
The Art, Design and Technology extended reading list may be downloaded here.
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