Half Term 1

Topic: Portraits

Focus: 

• Key features
• Tonal values
• Applying accurate tone
• Facial proportions
• Start self portraits

Half Term 2

Topic: Portraits 

Focus:

• Complete self portraits
• Start artist Kathe Kollwitz
• Create responses

Half Term 3

Topic: Portraits

Focus:

• The work of Julian Opie 
• Create paintings using flat colour
• Exploring facial expression
• Final pieces to Florian Nicolle

Half Term 4

Topic: Creative Colour

Focus:

• Colour theory
• Mixing
• Perspective with colour
• Blending and mixing paints

Half Term 5

Topic: Creative Colour

Focus:

• Fauve Landscapes in oil pastel

Half Term 6

Topic: Micheal Craig Martin

Focus:

• Objects in colour
• How to apply tone in paint and colour

Half Term 1

Topic: Who we are

Focus

• Observational drawing from objects focus
• Experimental drawing

Half Term 2

Topic: Who we are

Focus

• Observational drawing focus
• Experimenting with mixed media

Half Term 3

Topic: Exploring the art world - Dolan Geiman

Focus:

• Collograph printing
• Jim Dine
• Using poster paint
• Silhouettes

Half Term 4

Topic: James Gulliver Hancock

Focus

• Buildings
• creating art in response to the work of James Gulliver Hancock.

Half Term 5

Topic: Pattern and Print

Focus:

• Mood boards
• Textile industry
• Silk paintings
• Refining brush skills

Half Term 6

Topic: Pattern and Print

Focus:

• Block printing technique
• Refining use of pattern
• Elements of numeracy

Half Term 1

Topic: Human Figure

Focus:

• Proportions of the human figure
• use of tone to develop form
• Accurate drawing skills
• using sight sizing
• Create a tonal drawing of a person from an image

Half Term 2

Topic: Human Figure

Focus:

• Using a range of techniques to create gesture and movement in the figure
• Revisiting prior knowledge of Colour, mediums, and techniques 
• Analysis of Futurist Artists
• Use of line, repetition, fragmentation, and composition, paint, oil pastels and ink, mark making, stencils, print, sgraffiito, frottage

Half Term 3

Topic: Umberto Boccioni's (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. )  and F.E. Mc Williams dynamic figure in 3D sculptural form.

Focus:

• Introduce to sculpture and sculptural materials.
• Building on prior knowledge of figure proportions and movement.

Half Term 4

Topic: Human Figure

Focus: 

• Create a group composition from completed sculptural pieces.

Half Term 5

Topic: Skateboard design

Focus:

• Learn to create designs using previous knowledge of figure drawing and influenced by modern Nike designers and popular culture
• Creating a mood board
• Design layout and critical collection
• Pitching an idea

Half Term 6

Topic: Graffiti art

Focus:

• Explore cultural art verses fine art. Where do they meet?
• Still researching ideas for this pinnacle time in their choice of subject specialism.

Artists: 

• Keith Haring
• KAWS
• Banksy
• Shamsia Hassani