Art
Our aim at Bushy Hill is to provide an art and design curriculum which enthuses and challenges all pupils. Children are given the opportunity to develop their own unique and personal creative ideas, observing and responding to the world around them. They experience a range of materials and tools, developing skills in drawing, painting, 3D work, collage, photography and textiles. They develop an understanding of key artists, crafts people and designers applying this knowledge to their own work. They have the opportunity to evaluate their own work and that of others in a constructive manner using the language of art, craft and design. Each child has their own sketchbook in which they can collect, develop, research and review their work.
On leaving Bushy Hill a successful learner of this subject will:
- Be able to produce creative work, exploring and recording their ideas in a sketchbook;
- Become more proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art and craft techniques;
- Use the language of art and design to evaluate their own work and the work of others;
- Have an understanding of great artists, craft makers and designers.
Progression of Knowledge and Skills Document
| Year Group | Autumn | Spring | Summer |
3 |
Skill: Sketching Focus Artist: Rothko |
Skill: Egyptian art Focus Artist: Sir Christopher Wren |
Skill: Viking art Focus Artist: Paul Klee |
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Skill: Colour mixing Focus Artist: Goldsworthy |
Skill: Printing Focus Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldo |
Skill: Collage Focus Artist: Wassily Kandinksky |
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| 4 |
Skill: Observational drawing Sketching using variety of drawing pencils to create shade and light. Experiment with using hatching and cross-hatching to show tone and texture Water colour – create a wash and add a landscape over the top. |
Skills: Design - Study the architecture and design of Gaudi. Collage Clay - Create a Gaudi ‘lizard’ using a variety of sculpting techniques and glazes. |
Skills: Painting – colour mixing, use of a variety of different brushes. Identify contrasting and complimentary colours. Cutting: Find out about Matisse and the work that he created at different stages of his life. Focus on ‘drawing with scissors’ Use the techniques of collage learnt earlier in the term to create their own piece influenced by Matisse. |
| Focus artist: JW Turner | Focus artist: Antoni Gaudi | Focus artist: Henry Matisse | |
| 5 |
Skills: Creating cubist pop art Chalk pastels – looking at creating pictures that show water Observational drawing – experimenting with a variety of tools Collage – rainforest picture |
Skills: Figure drawing and looking at how different artists have approached this - Degas, Rembrandt and Rubens then looking at Banksy Collage – work inspired by the book Dragonology Landscape art work inspired by Hockney – photography work |
Skills: Textiles work – Bayeux tapestry work Printing – creating a tile and printing from it. Observational drawing |
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Focus artist – Romero Britto and Rousseau |
Focus artist – Banksy and Hockney |
Focus artist – William Morris |
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6 |
Drawing of moving figures Oil pastels – action figures in sport Wire Figure sculptures Watercolours – poppy fields Clay poppies Observational drawing of flowers Canvas work – acrylic flowers |
Observational drawing – work on still life Sketching and shading skills Perspective work – buildings Creating a watercolour inspired by Lowry Mod roc – Greek masks Oil pastels – Van Gogh inspired art work |
Marbelling – looking at art work form different cultures Experimenting with different art techniques – splatter, rolling marbles in paint Collage/textiles – using a variety to materials to create a Monet inspired piece of art Japanese manga |
| Focus artist – Romero Britto and Rousseau |
Focus artist – Lowry and Van Gogh |
Focus artist - Monet |