Art
Head of Department: Mr M. Brotherhood
Key Stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Year 7:
British Theme – Container and Identity Project
Art and Craft movement, Line drawing and tone and pattern work, working in clay and understanding of using hands as tools in construction, watercolour pain, portrait drawing- facial proportions, understanding photographic joiners, pop art, compositional drawing, poly block printing
Year 8:
China/Japan Theme – Human Figure and Natural Form Project
Line drawing and tone and pattern, drawing human figure in proportions, manga comic books, water colour, oil pastel and clay, relief printing in designing an making string block, dragon designs and construction, design skills of kimono dress and cultural artefacts
Year 9:
Inner City Gardens
Plants and nature, line drawing and tone in observed work, drawing with various materials and developing different drawing techniques, the designing process; art and design movements in relations to their own development of work, tactile skills in making clay tiles, developing knowledge of the work of the famous natural form artists
Key Stage 4 (Year 10-11)
Year 10:
Theme – The Built Environment
Lino Print, mono print, collage, mixed media, clay, cubism 3 D in cards, knowledge of artist’s media style through paint, print and ceramics, observational drawings drawn from direct observation or from photographs, perspective drawing, landscape artists
Year 11:
N/A
Independent Learning Information
Key Stage 3
- The following websites will be of use to students during the course of KS3, and can be used to explore further the topics studied in class
- https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/z6f3cdm
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewMksAbgdBI
- https://www.ducksters.com/history/art/pop_art.php
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weAuOlNUnZI
Key Stage 4
AQA
The following websites will be of use to students for their homework and revision:
- https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/z6hs34j
- https://www.pinterest.co.uk/studentartguide/beautiful-igcse-gcse-art/?lp=true
- https://www.studentartguide.com/articles/art-sketchbook-ideas
- https://www.tate.org.uk/art/student-resource/exam-help
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzO_2Hznkms
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDkSQKOeKw
- https://www.npg.org.uk/learning/schools-and-colleges/ks3